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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 10, 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 4, 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...
Apr 3, 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 13, 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...
Mar 3, 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 22, 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...
Feb 2, 2023


Part II: The secret, sordid, dark history of Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis and his dirty connections around Florida
Jan 25, 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 24, 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...
Jan 12, 2023


The MAGA Maneuver: The extreme attempt to take over Florida’s Republican Party and what it means
by David Silverberg On Dec. 5, while much of the political world was focusing on the imminent results of the Georgia Senate runoff...
Dec 27, 2022


Rick Scott meets the Peter Principle
Has Florida’s junior senator reached his ‘level of incompetence?’ by David Silverberg In 1969, Canadian educator Laurence Peter published...
Dec 19, 2022


Election 2022: Red tide sweeps state, Southwest Florida—and what it means
by David Silverberg On Election Day, Nov. 8, a red tide swept Florida and its Southwest region. As of this writing, 11:00 pm, the...
Dec 15, 2022


The DeSantis dilemma
Florida’s governor has to turn the other cheek for the next two years by David Silverberg Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida wants everyone...
Dec 14, 2022


SWFL reps oppose Respect for Marriage Act
Dec. 8, 2022 by David Silverberg The Southwest Florida congressional delegation today voted against the Respect for Marriage Act (House...
Dec 13, 2022
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