Striking back against anti-Semitism
by David Silverberg While anti-Semitism continues to be a problem in Florida and elsewhere, the president, governor, legislators and...
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Jun 2, 2023
Debt ceiling deal and its naysayers
by David Silverberg Southwest Florida (SWFL) veterans and seniors will have their benefits preserved thanks to passage of the Fiscal...
May 24, 2023
How Can Democrats Win?
By Howard Sapp As we face the many divides in our country, our states, and even the cities in which we live, there are so many thoughts,...
May 20, 2023
Andrew Gillum deserved better
By Rebekah Jones In the closest election in Florida’s 178 year history, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum lost to Tea Party congressman and...
May 17, 2023
Florida likely to feel labor, economic woes from anti-immigration measures
by David Silverberg A pair of recently-passed anti-immigration and border restriction measures appear set to do significant economic and...
May 15, 2023
Controversy surrounds GOP star Rep. Byron Donalds' top advisor
By Bob Norman Byron Donalds, right, with top aide Larry WIlcoxson, smoking cigar, at Capitol, and former Congressman Madison Cawthorn....
May 9, 2023
DeSantis’ book warns of danger to America—from him
by David Silverberg Any day now, Florida Gov. Ronald DeSantis (R) is going to declare his candidacy for President of the United States....
May 2, 2023
A request of the Florida Democratic Party
By David Silverberg To: Nikki Fried, Chairwoman, Florida Democratic Party From: The Paradise Progressive RE: Request Chairwoman Fried:...
Apr 20, 2023
A Call for the Rights of Women
By Howard Sapp As we see, even from a nationwide view, the battle continues as the abortion debate is one of those topics that will...
Apr 17, 2023
Fascism in Florida? ‘Blood and Power’ provides perspective
by David Silverberg “Fascism” is a term thrown around a lot these days, especially in Florida. However, are the kinds of repressive,...
Apr 10, 2023
The rise of new anti-Semitism: How threatened are Florida’s Jews?
by David Silverberg For Jews, Passover is a holiday commemorating danger but also liberation. It memorializes the night that death came...
Apr 4, 2023
DeSantis to Repeal Resign-to-Run Law
By Rebekah Jones Ron DeSantis waited until the media was fully consumed with Trump’s indictment to make a move to repeal Florida’s...
Apr 3, 2023
No state for young people: Florida after DeSantisication
by David Silverberg The Florida being shaped by the proto-presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and a state legislature whose...
Mar 13, 2023
The 2023 Florida Legislative Outlook
By Rebekah Jones The Florida 2023 legislative session went into Cocaine Bear-crazy mode today with hundreds of bills being filed in the...
Mar 3, 2023
Will DeSantis resign or change the law to run for president?
by David Silverberg When the Florida state legislature convenes on March 7, it will have a busy two months. Dominated by Republican...
Feb 22, 2023
Rick Scott digs deeper
by David Silverberg There’s an old adage: “When you’re in a hole, stop digging.” But Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), seems to have turned that...
Feb 2, 2023
Fake history? Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Rep. Byron Donalds, and the war on wokeness in Florida
by David Silverberg When my son was in middle school in Virginia he was assigned to read the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin or Life Among the...
Jan 25, 2023
Part II: The secret, sordid, dark history of Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis and his dirty connections around Florida
Jan 24, 2023
The secret, sordid, dark history of Ron DeSantis
For a man that has a full-time staff dedicated to fluffing his 41+ pages long Wikipedia biography with useless references to his...
Jan 12, 2023
Did Byron Donalds ‘win’ his bid for Speaker of the House?
by David Silverberg Analysis, Commentary On Jan.7, after 15 rounds of voting, Kevin McCarthy, the Republican congressman-elect from...
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