March 24, 2023 ‘Joke,’ ‘ridiculous,’ ‘stunt’: DeSantis clashes with Florida NAACP over travel advisory Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis is now in a spat with the state’s chapter of the NAACP over a new advisory they’ve asked the national organization to issue that would urge Black Americans against traveling to the Sunshine State.
February 20, 2023 DeSantis takes aim at The College Board by looking into ‘classic’ alternative to its SAT Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired his first shot at The College Board when he rejected an advanced placement African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda. Now, it seems he was just getting started.
April 20, 2022 Ladapo unmasked: Why his former boss didn’t think he deserved to be Fla. surgeon general We’re seeing for the first time a background check performed on Florida’s controversial surgeon general, earlier this year. It includes what his former supervisor had to say, which was that Florida should not hire him.
March 7, 2022 Gov. DeSantis holds ‘The Curtain Close on Covid Theater’ with doctors Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable called “The Curtain Close on Covid Theater” to discuss what he considers the failure of COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates.
March 2, 2022 ‘This is ridiculous;’ Gov. DeSantis tells students they don’t have to wear masks The governor of the ‘free state’ of Florida may have been a bit disappointed before his Wednesday morning news conference at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
October 28, 2019 “Your rights in Philadelphia as it pertains to anti-discrimination in your employment are solid” Really? There’s something about catching up on a newspaper or magazine when you’ve fallen behind in your reading. This past weekend, I read both…
July 11, 2019 Netroots Nation’s national conference in town, and how I heard of it Lots of people interested in politics and next year’s Democratic presidential nomination will have their eyes focused on the Pennsylvania Convention Center through Saturday….
November 21, 2018 The end of an era, and beginning of this one (Part A of this one) It was 20 years ago tonight. Not exactly. It was actually four days off, on Nov. 25, but what really matters is it was…
November 4, 2018 Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…
September 23, 2018 Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, justice and becoming a Justice President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be giving the Senate Judiciary Committee calendars from 1982 to back up his continued denial of…
August 29, 2018 Ron DeSantis didn’t learn from Roseanne Barr There are just 69 days until the midterm elections (for those of you who really explored all around this all-around great blog to see…
May 13, 2018 In defense: The good Facebook can do when used by the right people First, happy Mother’s Day to everyone to whom that applies. I hope you’re having a great day! Second, today is also the celebration of…
April 10, 2018 Salaries, senators and a spat between a Fox News host and the A.P. I’m actually going to start optimistically and thank you for reading. The blog is getting very close and may have 12,000 hits after this…
April 3, 2018 Villanova Victory, Volume III They did it again! Villanova University’s men’s basketball team is celebrating its second national championship in three years. According to the school’s president, Rev….
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom of religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
March 20, 2018 Be nicer to Mike Jerrick, and other thoughts on what’s making news People who know me can never, ever say I’m not loyal to people I like and respect. You’ll see that in a moment, along…
February 23, 2018 Parkland now, but North Miami Beach proud! Did I just write that headline? There’s lots on my mind (too often, and that’s between me and my medical professional, and I’ll get…
February 18, 2018 Famous man, 80, suing famous man, 77, for age discrimination What’s famous to you obviously relies on where you’ve been and what you’ve noticed, but these people have had national exposure for at least…
February 12, 2018 Football, even the Super Bowl, may be hazardous to your health The Super Bowl is over, the Eagles won and in a moment, I’ll show you why the old phrase in the title — “may…
