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November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Dear Mitt: Consider me a neighbor leaning over the picket fence. You have a picket fence, don't you? An ivy-covered wall? Fine, I'll get a ladder.
Anyone who believes America's culture wars are behind her should have started out Friday reading The Washington Times.
Few social scientists, and even fewer political scientists, have done as much to improve American life as James Q. Wilson, who died last week at age 80.
"The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. The next and most urgent counsel is to take stock of reality."
-- William F. Buckley
Mohammed Bouazizi had had enough. The police had humiliated him. They had confiscated his fruit and vegetable cart. He had nothing left -- all because hed refused to give them a bribe.
HBO has perhaps made Bill Maher America's nastiest talk-show host. He's also America's most prominent, militant atheist. Now he's made himself the most prominent million-dollar donor to Barack Obama's super-PAC, Priorities USA. He broke out a big check onstage in San Jose to advertise his magnanimous support.
Nobody has ever accused me of being disrespectful of people of faith. Any faith. Im on the lunatic fringe of respect and tolerance for belief systems ranging from Anglicanism to Zoroastrianism.
I have long been puzzled by the enthusiasm with which many young liberal bloggers cheer on proposals to raise tax rates on high earners. I can understand why they might favor them, but not why they seem to invest so much psychic energy in the issue.
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By Nancy Smith
Actress and comedian Sherri Shepherd, commenting Monday morning on ABC-TV's "The View," told viewers across America that "a real crime of the government shutdown" is that it had shut down the AMBER Alert program.
Not so in Florida, says the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
By Kevin Derby
Retired Marine Col. Tom Bowman, who served as the chief of staff and an acting assistant secretary for the federal Department of Veterans Affairs, announced on Monday that he was backing Blaise Ingoglias bid to represent parts of Hernando County in the Florida House.
By Kevin Derby
With California deciding last week to issue drivers licenses to illegal aliens, a new poll finds the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose this policy.
Rasmussen Reports released the findings of a national survey on Monday which finds 68 percent of likely voters oppose their state allowing illegal aliens to apply for drivers licenses. Only 22 percent of those surveyed favor the policy.
The poll of 1,000 likely voters was taken from Oct. 4-5 and had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West weighed in on the death of Army Specialist Tevin Geike, a white soldier who was killed by African-Americans who taunted him as a cracker. Posting on Facebook on Monday, West wondered why President Barack Obama has remained silent on the issue after the president talked about the death of Trayvon Martin, even saying if he had a son he would look like Martin.
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Florida Stop Common Core Coalition is putting pressure on Gov. Rick Scott and Pam Stewart over its disappointment about statements from Stewart on Florida's educational standards. On Friday,theFlorida Stop Common Core Coalition, a statewide coalition representing dozens of organizations and hundreds of thousands of Floridaparents and citizens,sent a letter to the governor with copies to Commissioner Stewart, Board of Education Chairman Gary Chartrand, and the Legislature.
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Florida Republicans gathered in Orlando Friday evening for theStatesman's Dinner Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney World, not wasting any time in knocking Florida Democrats for a series of political mishaps that have plagued the party in recent weeks.
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Lenny Curry called Democrats a "laughingstock" and took aim at Charlie Crist, who is highly anticipated to run against Rick Scott for governor in 2014.
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As Tropical Storm Karen moves toward the Gulf Coast, and in response to the declared state of emergency in multiple Florida counties, Attorney General Pam Bondi activated the price gouging hotline on Friday.
By Kevin Derby
The Washington Post released its latest whip count on Friday and found 20 Republicans in the U.S. House who are willing to break with the GOP leadership and pass a clean continuing resolution measure that would not defund President Barack Obamas federal health care law. The Washington Post has identified four Republicans who are leaning toward backing a clean continuing resolution.
By Kevin Derby
A day after businessman Jay Fant announced he was running in the Republican primary for the Florida House seat held by retiring Rep. Daniel Davis, R-Jacksonville, one of the leading conservatives on the First Coast endorsed primary rival Paul Renner, an attorney and Navy veteran.
Sen. John Thrasher, R-St. Augustine, offered Renner warm words of praise on Friday as he backed his candidacy.
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Tropical Storm Karen is making its way to the Gulf Coast on Friday, with landfall expected late Saturday or early Sunday morning.
According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami,Karen had maximum winds of 60 mph as of 8 a.m. Friday. The storm was about 275 miles south-southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving northwest at 10 mph.It's possible the storm could become a hurricane as it approaches land.
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