Monthly Archives: May 2014
NY Times: Florida Finds Itself in the Eye of the Storm on Climate Change
For the second time this week the New York Times has a great Florida related story. This time on the impact of climate change on the state. Well worth a read.
Charlie Crist, racial issues and Civil Rights – The record in depth
Elements of the media seem to want to have a pop at Charlie Crist for his claims on Jorge Ramos’ program earlier this week that he left the GOP over racism. While even the most ardent Crist supporter must admit that his claims of flipping party due to the Republicans views on race is ridiculous, […]
Ukraine Potpourri: Intensifying Violence leads to Putin Withrdrawal of Troops From Ukrainian Border
If you’ve been paying any mind to the international media, the situation in Ukraine is continuing to snowball and remains a fluid situation with constant updates. In the past few weeks, violence as been erupting all over the Former Soviet Republic (FSR), pitting pro-Russian separatists against pro- Ukrainian nationalists. Body counts are continuing to rise in the eastern part […]
The Benghazi scam
First off let me establish my views of Benghazi. I believe it was a tragedy and unlike many Democrats I am willing to admit it reflects poorly on this administration and a certain degree of stonewalling took place because it was an election year. But to somehow equate Benghazi the way the GOP and FOX […]
Wednesday open thread
Beginning today, each Wednesday we will throw open a thread for comments, questions or simply to be soapbox for our readers. We will try and answer all questions, provided they are appropriate and germane. Thanks for reading. We look forward to speaking with you!
Charlie Crist on leaving the GOP and race
Charlie Crist was in Fusion TV’s Miami studios to discuss his party switch with Jorge Ramos. Interesting stuff.
Latest Let’s Get to Work TV ad turning heads
The latest anti-Charlie Crist TV commercial from the “Let’s Get to Work” Committee is the hardest hitting yet and has conjured up a significant amount of buzz around the state since it began running last week. The premise is that then Governor Charlie Crist “ran away” from the problems the state faced in 2008, 2009 […]
Why Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson should be honored by Democrats in Florida
In the context of modern times and contemporary views, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson would both be viewed as social conservatives. But in many ways they were extremely progressive particularly on economics. Failing to maintain perspective on historical events is one of my great beefs with modern liberalism as I consider myself a progressive yet […]
NY Times: For Florida Grapefruit, One Blow After Another
We’ve seen a number of articles recently on the struggles of Florida’s signature industry, Citrus. However this one might be the most alarming and human of all, from yesterday’s New York Times. It is well worth a read.
Monday Musings – DCCC mess, Kelli Stargel’s maternalistic nonsense, RPOF failure to steward our Springs, Lenny Curry, Vouchers
Editors’ Note: This week we begin a new column, Monday Musings where our writers sound off on various topics related to the state of Florida. It is difficult in words to fully describe the mess the DCCC has made in Congressional District 13. Beginning with a campaign that flushed a double-digit lead down the […]
The Florida Squeeze 