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

Virginia Education Secretary Gerard Robinson has been selected as the new education commissioner for the Florida Department of Education, a DOE spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. Robinson, one of five finalists, was unanimously chosen by the DOE board members. He has served as head of education in Virginia since last year, after being tapped by Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman said last week that, while China's economy is wide open, its oppressive political system lags far behind -- and that signals trouble for the monster emerging nation down the road.

Quran-burning Florida pastor Terry Jones was mobbed by protesters outside the Arab International Festival in Dearborn, Mich., amid shouts of "Go Back to Florida." The Daily Mail reported Monday that scuffles broke out and six people were arrested as Jones walked down a street toward the festival with some of his supporters. Jones, from Gainesville, was in Dearborn, one of the most heavily populated Arab enclaves in the United States, to hold an anti-Islam rally and counterprotest against the festival, the Mail reported.

With the Florida Education Association (FEA) suing to prevent reforms to state pensions passed by the Legislature earlier in the year and signed by Gov. Rick Scott, House Democratic Leader Ron Saunders of Key West made no secret of where his caucus stood on the matter.