Quite frankly a tired debate but perhaps some finality from Dave Trotter at How the World Votes
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.
Incoming House Democratic Leader Darryl Rouson (D-St Petersburg) has made a mess of his few months on the job as the leader designee of the minority party. Elected by a razor-thin two vote margin at a caucus meeting in February, Rouson has proceeded to flush any goodwill he may have inherited down the drain in […]
One of he finest men I met and worked with in Tallahassee has passed on. I worked out Douglas’ office during the Pete Peterson Gubernatorial Campaign in 2001 and after Peterson aborted his run, I and several colleagues stayed on in the office for a few months while we tried to sort out what we […]
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 […]
In the early 1970s Florida was booming but highly dependent on beach related tourism (this was shortly before the Amusement Parks in the Orlando area carved out a second tourist niche, and long before eco-tourism to the Everglades and other natural areas became Florida’s third tourism niche) and the erosion of beaches became a great […]
Noted crony capitalist and sexist Lawrence Summers has dropped out of consideration to the next head of the Federal Reserve, quite possibly the most powerful position on the planet. President Obama appeared poised to overlook Summers shortcomings, his failed recording in the Clinton White House and as President of Harvard, blowback from Democratic Senators and […]
“Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.” – Glenn Greenwald Everyone who has a Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account can attest to a very negative aspect of these social media platforms in that some of our “friends” use them to disseminate a relentless […]
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 […]
Very interesting read from Marc Caputo.
The Florida Squeeze 