Florida’s war on learning
by David Silverberg A disturbing pattern of cronyism and sweetheart dealing appears to be emerging from the war on education by Gov. Ron...
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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 17, 2023
Train derailment, vinyl chloride in East Palestine
By Rebekah Jones Officials say a mechanical issue with a rail car axle caused the derailment of about 50 cars on a 100-plus-car Norfolk...
Feb 14, 2023
Science rundown: UFOs
By Rebekah Jones A quick summary of why all these UFOs are popping up now. In spatial science (in this case radar/satellite data), we use...
Feb 8, 2023
Biden protects Social Security in State of the Union speech—forcing raucous Republicans to agree
by David Silverberg Southwest Florida’s seniors were reassured last night, Feb. 7, that Social Security will continue uncut thanks to...
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 17, 2023
The Right’s Mantra: Lie, lie, and lie about the lies
By Rebekah Jones Fact Check #1: The anti-IRS agenda One of the GOP’s favorite lies of late - about the IRS hiring “87,000 new agents”-...
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...
Jan 5, 2023
Politics in 2023: Looking ahead at Don vs. Ron, MAGA madness and the race to the right
by David Silverberg New Year’s parties are celebrations of hope that the year to come will be better than the year past; that problems...
Dec 27, 2022
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
Zelensky speech rallies Americans to their own democracy
Opinion by David Silverberg Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky’s speech to the United States Congress last night did more than just...
Dec 27, 2022
House approves spending bill
$1.7 trillion package includes disaster aid, despite ‘no’ votes from SWFL rep by David Silverberg In an characteristically Grinchian...
Dec 20, 2022
Reporter reflects on Paul Pelosi and his own hammer attack
by David Silverberg In the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 28, Paul Pelosi, husband of the Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi...
Dec 19, 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 15, 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 14, 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 13, 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...
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