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The New Orthodoxy: Identity Politics Captures Democratic Party
Congressman Tim Ryan, D-Ohio., challenged Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, D-CA., for house minority leader in 2016. This year he has chosen not to run. Ryan, who is a white male, is probably making a wise call to not challenge the left’s new orthodoxy, which is identity politics. Identity politics of the left venerates women and […]
Jalen Ramsey: Rock Star Or Royal Pain In The Ass?
Jacksonville Jaguar cornerback Jalen Ramsey doesn’t care what you think of him. Just ask him. He told ESPN, “I don’t really care what people think about me.” It’s a theme he returns to often. During the preseason he criticized a number of NFL players including the league’s top quarterbacks. When informed his criticism […]
Jacksonville Jaguars: Manic Depression Is A Frustrating Mess
Last year’s 10-6 record, playoff wins over Buffalo and Pittsburgh and a narrow loss to New England in the AFC Championship game made Jaguars fans born again optimistic. Local sports radio hosts and CBS Sports analysts Tony Romo and Pete Prisco predicted a berth to the Super Bowl. But pre-season optimism has become a mid-season […]
Fear and Loathing in 2018
It’s less than a week until election day and we’re all going to die. A mass shooting in Pittsburgh by an anti-Semite, 15 pipe bombs sent through the mail to left-wing political figures and a racially motivated shooting in Louisville, Kentucky. On the international front, hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hondurans are headed toward the […]
The Call To Rebuild America
Every month the number of jobs added to the economy gets a lot of publicity. Recently, the economy has added about 200,000 jobs a month which sounds and feels good combined with headline unemployment of 5 percent. But there is a story these numbers do not tell and a darker reality that is less […]
Corrine Brown’s Florida Legacy
Most of the public knows Congressman Corrine Brown through her coverage on television and in the newspaper. The media stories have been almost universally negative. But, it is worth asking how she was able to get so much done, if she was only up to no good? Her methods were unorthodox and even […]
Republicans Eliminate Jacksonville Voice in D.C.
The Republicans found Congresswoman Corrine Brown very useful for 23 years. The first reason is her district helped them win Congressional seats in Northeast and Central Florida. The district included most of Jacksonville’s black population and Democrats. Jacksonville’s other Congressional district was largely whitewashed of minority voters which made it a very safe […]
U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A cold “peace”, Part II
Part One can be found here In August of 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait and stationed four tank divisions on the border of Saudi Arabia. Osama Bin Laden offered the services of his mujahidin soldiers, based in Afghanistan, to defend Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sought the protection of the U.S. military and President George H.W. Bush […]
U.S. and Saudi Arabia: A Cold “Peace”, Part I
A number of issues have recently come to a head between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia. The most important is the Saudi Arabian connection to terrorism. This question is being decided in the federal courts, the U.S. Congress and between both countries. 60 Minutes recently produced a story on the “28 Pages” of […]
CD 4: Thunder on the Right in wake of Crenshaw retirement
The 4th congressional district in Northeast Florida has been an anomaly for the last twenty-four years. In 1992 the district was radically changed by the Florida Legislature to create a base for a rabidly conservative member of Congress. However, the voters of the district have elected moderate Republicans Tillie K. Fowler and Ander […]
The Florida Squeeze 