When it pertains to understanding the critical nature of America’s stagnant economy, I’ve repeated a certain summation: It’s not that we don’t get it, its that we don’t get that we don’t get it. If you tuned in to any of the national media in the past week you probably saw a plethora of stories […]
Early this week, I wrote about Putin’s tactics in Ukraine and opined that his announcement could be nothing more than propaganda in a de fact war dominated by the manipulation chaos. Now, The Washington Post is reporting NATO satellites show no Russian troop moments along the border despite Putin’s comments. I’ll have more tomorrow as […]
By Brad Ashwell After several years of public unrest and fierce debate, the fate of Florida Power & Light’s pursuit of two new nuclear reactors and controversial high-voltage transmission lines at the Turkey Point facility is squarely in the hands of Governor Rick Scott and the members of the Florida Cabinet at their next meeting […]
History. For years, annual Democratic fundraising galas nationwide have been called the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. Of course, the reason for this is because of the historical context of the two men involved. Thomas Jefferson is considered the father of Democratic Party (under the Democratic-Republican Party, also known as Jeffersonian Democrats), and Andrew Jackson was the first […]
Only an American President with the anti-Communist bona fides of a Nixon could have gone to China, the old saw goes — is it possible that it takes a Charlie Crist to visit Cuba? It just might. Though it wasn’t so long ago Charlie criticized Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis for taking a fact-finding mission while […]
I get very self conscious when people make fun of Florida – the exception to that general rule of mine is when Floridians especially those from long-time Florida families mock our state. Diane Roberts formerly of the St Pete Times, FSU Professor and longtime NPR commentator. Roberts family has lived in Florida since the 18th […]
As the debate continues about what motivated Governor Crist’s switch of parties, I stumbled upon this letter in my files from August 20th 2009. This was seven months after President Obama was sworn in as President and several months after the infamous hug which would haunt Crist among Republican activists going forward. Recall at the […]
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.
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, […]
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 Florida Squeeze 