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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. 

By Nancy Smith
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
The Ribault Monument

Florida Continues to Flow Down History's River

By Kevin Derby
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am
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Vacation Rental Giant on Winning Streak in Florida Courts

By JOHN HAUGHEY THE CENTER SQUARE
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Only You

By Henry Payne
November 1, 2019 - 6:00am

Columns

Thank Republicans for Your Right to Try
By Marc A. Thiessen
Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life -- but you can't get access to it thanks to governmental obstacles.
Guest Column
Preparation Is a Priority at Florida’s Long-Term Care Centers
By Emmett Reed
Florida nursing-care centers and their residents have seen more than their share of hurricane seasons, but few have carried the wallop we all experienced last year. 
Shame on Bill Nelson for Using NASA to Glorify His Accomplishments
By Nancy Smith
Frame from Nelson's new digital ad
Who convinced Sen. Bill Nelson he can ride his NASA experience to re-election? You want to vote for this three-term Democrat, do what you've got to do -- but, please, don't vote for him because you think he's some kind of hero for NASA and the Space Coast.
Guest Column
Offshore Drilling Can Peacefully Co-Exist with Military Operations
By Mark Alvarez
Discussions surrounding offshore drilling continue to intensify as the Trump administration considers plans to expand the national Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) program. 
David Hogg’s Assault on Publix Not Exactly the Victory He Expected
By Brad Slager
David Hogg's Publix Die-In
The local media have been in a delirious cycle of reporting regarding the teenage Parkland activist, David Hogg, and his latest target of activism -- Publix Supermarkets. Hogg’s overblown outrage at the Lakeland-based company was due to a very weak connection to his gun activism -- the company made donations to Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, an avowed supporter of the Second Amendment and the NRA -- and Hogg went into full-throated outrage anyway.
Jason Carter: A Cautionary Tale for Gwen Graham Supporters
By Leslie Wimes
Have you heard the saying that nothing is ever new? Well, in the case of Gwen Graham, that saying rings VERY true.
Trump Should Make Clear to North Korea That the Libya Model Is Indeed on the Table
By Marc A. Thiessen
After months of pretending to be normal and reasonable on the diplomatic stage, North Korea's mask has slipped, and Pyongyang is back to threatening a "nuclear-to-nuclear showdown" that will "make the U.S. taste an appalling tragedy it has neither experienced nor even imagined up to now."
Guest Column
Publix, I Cast My Vote Against Guns with My Pen and My Purse
By Nan Rich
In the mid-fifties, my father-in-law, Harry Rich, a floor-covering retailer, made a pact with George Jenkins, the founder and CEO of Publix. The men decided to join forces to oppose a nascent trend in the retail industry: remaining open for business on Sunday. Their reason was simple; they believed their employees deserved to spend more time with their families, and they were happy to forgo profits for principle.
Clean-up on Aisle 6: Hogg & Co. Staging a Publix 'Die-In'
By Brad Slager
From the sublime to the ridiculous, David Hogg, Parkland's most prominent media fixture, has a doozie of a stunt planned for us on Friday.
Florida Has Work to Do in Senior-Citizen Health Care, Report Says
By Nancy Smith
UPDATED at 11.21 a.m. to include a Florida Department of Health response. Florida does so much right, it's hard to believe it could fall down on something as important to its identity as senior-citizen health care. But, according to a new report, the Sunshine State, the nation's leading retirement magnet, ranks 31 among the 50 states in the health of its over-65 population.
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