Nancy Smith

How duplicitous that Apple would talk about privacy rights while refusing to help protect the national security of the country that gave it the chance to be founded.

The president-designate of the Senate presided Wednesday over a nearly flawless presentation -- virtually, an orchestration -- of what gambling in Florida might look like if his Seminole Compact goes the distance.

You wonder why environmentalists make me so crazy. I know you do, because you've told me so. Here's the latest example which should pretty much explain it.

Give an environmentalist enough money and the incentive to make more, and watch how fast he dumps those pure principles he professes. 

It's perfectly understandable that the House Committee on Ethics would investigate U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson for his double life as hedge fund manager and U.S. congressman. That I get.

Can somebody please explain to me how Gretna got to be such an important player in the Seminole Compact decision?

Incredible, isn't it, that Florida, the one state a needle exchange program is needed most, doesn't have one?

Florida horsemen are screwed. Only a miracle can save the $1.2 billion Florida horse racing industry they represent. Not a single savior emerged Tuesday.

For me, writing a story is like painting my living room. If I'm careful, if I lay down plastic, apply tape to the baseboards and crown molding, undercoat first and carefully apply the best paint I can find, it's probably going to make me feel pretty good. But when I cut corners, skip any of those steps, I make a terrible mess.

CD 26 candidate Annette Taddeo has one bizarre campaign going on.

Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart and members of the Senate budget committee who approved spending $7.5 million for Caulkins Water Farm on Wednesday did the right thing.

Only in the most dire emergencies is the South Florida Water Management District allowed to back-pump stormwater into Lake Okeechobee. 

It's not exactly hush-hush. But neither does anybody want to talk on the record. Nevertheless, here it is: A new comprehensive gaming bill pushed by a consortium of gaming industry operatives is apparently close to being filed in the Florida Legislature.

Charlie Crist once had Pinellas County in the palm of his hand. Didn't matter what party label he wore or what office he was pursuing, the man with the tan and a quick smile was always the beloved homeboy you knew would win St. Petersburg. Charlie plain owned the place.  

For the first time in six Republican presidential debates, Donald Trump wasn't on stage, standing at the center podium. Perhaps surprisingly, on Thursday night at the FOX News-Google-hosted event, the GOP frontrunner was infrequently mentioned and easily forgotten.