Martin Luther King Jr. never met Mohandas Gandhi but yet the Leader of the non-violent Indian Independence movement had a great deal of influence over the similar movement for the liberation of African-Americans from the racist policies of Southern Democratic politicians. MLK Jr. in his own words on Gandhi’s influence on him: King wanted to […]

Several months ago the US Department of Justice along with several state’s Attorney Generals (including Florida’s Pam Bondi) sued to stop the merger of American Airlines with US Airways. The two carries combined will create one of the world’s largest airlines and since US Airways maintains the lowest fares of any network carrier in the […]

Some (note I said some and not all) Republicans like to claim the United States under President Obama is on its way to socialism. Yet we have not seen nationalization of any industry, and many of the national standards for education and health care conservatives complain about were actually suggested by Republicans prior to Obama […]

Wikipedia this week had “Snow in Florida” as one of its featured articles. Personally, I remember many of these days and have stories about many of the rest.

    By Steven Kurlander There’s a free speech controversy brewing in the land of Mount Rushmore and George McGovern over the speaking tour of a virulent anti-Israeli advocate who has made a career employing hateful anti-Semitic representations to argue against the American alliance with Israel. The issue revolves around whether an anti-Israeli advocate who […]

Steven Kurlander and Kartik Krishnaiyer will break down President Obama’s address on Syria and the larger battle on military intervention on Wednesday. We may also touch on some other Florida Political issues. Our regular podcast with Justin Snyder and Nick Steffens will resume in the near future.

By Steven Kurlander @kurlykomments kurly@stevenkurlander.com “No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.” – Julius Caesar Once in a while, we wake up in the morning and begin going about our daily routine, and then suddenly an unexpected traumatic experience occurs that either permanently transforms our lives-or to a lesser […]

Really? From Miami Today. 

Some shameless self-promotion, but one of two new video programs about soccer I am launching this week debuted last night. This one called “Voices of Soccer” premiered with an interview of Ricky Hill, a former English soccer star now managing the Tampa Bay Rowdies here in Florida. Given our recent emphasis on racism on this […]

From the Miami Herald.