Within one week, the greatness of America has included pipe bombs mailed from Florida, talk of blackface, the mass execution of people going to pray, and racist robocalls to influence our state elections. What is it in ourselves that we sense the need to separate to experience wholeness, or is it this: when we don’t […]
Wall Street Journal columnist Kimberly A. Strassel recently wrote on the battle for swing votes in her article entitled “How Republicans Could Still Win.” In light of the recent polls that suggest a Blue Wave is coming, Stassel insists that Republicans can keep the congressional majority, if they play their cards right. Stassel’s suggestions to […]
There is no other amendment to the United States Constitution with more worldwide appeal than the first amendment. Sensing potential problems with keeping the new country afloat, and not wanting to repeat the mistakes of the past, the first amendment addressed problems associated with being under English control: a freedom from state religion and a […]
As we head into a political transition, Floridians would do themselves well by considering the several economic and equality measures going in the wrong direction. Take a sampling of the people you know, and include a few that you don’t. I work with individuals who travel 60 to 120 miles every work day because their […]
It is hell to grow old in America, if you haven’t had the good fortune to plan ahead. Many Americans dream of retiring to a place where the weather is always pleasant, and Florida has long taken advantage of offering its natural resources, predominately the sunshine, as cheaply as possible. Cheap doesn’t always get the […]
When Jeb Bush was governor, he talked about having Big Hairy Audacious Goals (BHAGs). He’s the one that banked himself as the education governor and had his portrait done holding his BlackBerry (go see that painting before the blackberry gets airbrushed). That was near twenty years ago and the most consistent effort since then has […]
Socialism has finally come to the party without a mask. Politicians at every level are openly and unapologetically advocating “Democratic Socialism.” What is Socialism and what is its future in America? First, some background: Every tribe and nation on earth, without exception, must answer three economic questions: What will be produced? Who will produce it? […]
By Sharon Mears Hostage: one that is involuntarily controlled by an outside influence. There are 3,330 property owners in Killearn Estates currently being held hostage by two property owners. According to public records, these two property owners, Jorge Piekarewicz and J.D. Rayburn, are the named complainants in what has become the saga of Killearn Country […]
For thousands of years people have struggled in their effort to determine what is true, what is truth. The ancient Romans more than two millennium ago had a Goddess Veritas. She was the Goddess of Truth and the daughter of the God Chronos – the God of Time. This seemed a natural progress. Over time […]
The article published by the Tallahassee Democrat editorial board entitled “What’s going on in northeast Tallahassee”, is “race-baiting.” Merriam Webster defines “race-baiting” as “the unfair use of statements about race to try to influence the actions or attitudes of a particular group of people.” Also, in his new book, “Race-Baiter”, media critic Eric Deggans – […]