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After 10 Glorious Years, Sunshine State News and I Are Passing the Baton

You probably can't imagine how much fun I've had at Sunshine State News over the last 10 years. I don't think anybody could. 

November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Columns

WASHINGTON -- As events have unfolded in what shall ever be known as "The Petraeus Affair," one cannot escape noticing that the women in this sordid saga have been handed the short end of the shtick, as though the men are mere victims of ambitious, hormonally driven vixens.
The federal government now considers a family of four in New York City to be poor if its pre-tax income is below $37,900. Even with full medical coverage.
It was not only liberals who were celebrating on Nov. 7. Many conservatives were elated as well not at the results, but at the fact that it was over.
Post-election season is a time for healing, for putting aside the rancor of a long campaign and rediscovering what unites us. It has not been that way this year.
Now that election season is behind us, Floridians can begin to focus on the policy changes being presented on Capitol Hill.
In Washington, Americans have two-party government, with a Democratic president and Senate and a Republican House. We had it before November's election and will have it again for the next two years.
The Republican Party has won a majority of the popular vote just once in the last six elections. That dismal track record followed a party revival in the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan led the GOP to three straight popular vote majorities.
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