Category National Politics
In C.W. Bill Young and E. Clay Shaw Florida has lost two legends
Two of the legends of Florida politics have passed on in the last few weeks. Yesterday’s passing of Congressman Bill Young (R-Indian Rock Beach) came just weeks after his longtime colleague former Congressman E. Clay Shaw (R- Fort Lauderdale) passed on. Both were throwbacks to another era, when Republicans were fiscally responsible yet socially compassionate […]
Congressman Bill Young to retire; Is Charlie Crist a possibility?
Let the speculation begin as Congressman Bill Young (R-Indian Rocks Beach) has announced his retirement. Young has been in public office for fifty years and in Congress since 1970. The former Appropriations Chairman has long been one of the more moderate Republicans in the Florida Delegation and has focused extensively on local issues. This […]
Zest of the Day: Effects of a government shutdown
From the Tampa Bay Times
TFS Podcast: Rouson, Dem House Woes, Social Media and Debt Limit Fight
Kartik Krishnaiyer and Steven Kurlander sit down to discuss Darryl Rouson, should the House Democrats reform how they designate leaders, why are the Democrats performing so badly in legislative races, Kurlander’s article on bigotry, social media and responsibility, the debt fight and will the Republicans shoot themselves in the foot during the debt fight.
Zest of the Day: American power and prestige diminishing thanks to gun violence
At a time where President Obama’s bumbling diplomacy and incoherent rhetoric on Syria has ceded international leadership to Russia’s dangerous Vladimir Putin, America suffers more blows to its prestige. As someone in frequent touch with those in Europe I cannot overstate the role gun violence, the death penalty and Guantanamo Bay plays in the diminishing […]
Revisiting Syria – Maybe I was wrong?
First off an apology for deviating from the Florida oriented focus of this website. The crisis in Syria, the most serious foreign policy crisis the US has been faced with since 9/11 (Iraq was self created and inflicted so I do not view that in the same realm) has consumed most of my thoughts these […]
The American people must reject Putin’s overtures
Late last night cable news channels were abuzz with Vladimir Putin’s cleverly crafted “Open Letter to the American People.” The letter is patronizing and offensive, seeking to seize upon divisions in this country by a petty dictator who has taken Russia’s western-backed 1990s progression towards true democracy and trashed it. The divisions that Putin seeks to […]
Is President Obama a “neo-con”?
Editors Note: My former colleague at the Political Hurricane, Dave Trotter submitted this column for my review to publish at TFS about Syria. I have reviewed it chosen to run it as it gives a different perspective then the articles we have previously run here. I invite any and all points of view. So if […]
Special TFS Podcast: Syria and President Obama
Steven Kurlander and Kartik Krishnaiyer break down the Syria speech by President Obama, historical precedents for US actions and the general foreign policy drift of this administration. Kurlander is very critical of the President while Krishnaiyer, a supporter of the President is extremely critical of the incoherent handling of this Syria mess and of Russia […]
New Poll: Military Strikes Against Syria
Now that President Obama has spoken to the nation what are your thoughts about possible military strikes against Syria? Vote below.
The Florida Squeeze 