September 11, 2023 Disney, Charter settle cable dispute hours before ‘Monday Night Football’ season opener There were 15 million winners, at least in the short-term, hours before the first “Monday Night Football” kickoff of this NFL season.
March 8, 2023 As DeSantis reshapes education in Florida, school districts struggle to find new leaders One school district’s struggle to find a new superintendent could be a sign of the times in Florida.
January 18, 2023 Dry again, for now: Woman pulled from storm drain 3rd time in less than 2 years A woman with a history of being rescued from storm drains was pulled from another one, her third in just under two years.
October 27, 2022 High school teacher accused of months-long romantic relationship with student A teacher has been released from jail — and “reassigned” away from a classroom — for having an improper relationship with a student.
October 27, 2022 No jail, no job for high school athletic director accused of taking $16k+ but not coaching A high school athletic director is out of a job but won’t be going to jail on charges of grand theft and official misconduct.
October 25, 2022 Teacher accused of stealing coworkers’ coaching supplements, even denying them when asked Teachers get paid for educating in the classroom, but some also get supplements for work with extracurricular activities. Andrea Smith-Thomas was one of them.
August 3, 2022 DeSantis talks about addiction but also border, transgender, sports, Covid, Trump, Fauci Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference about addiction care but spent a lot of time talking about a lot of other issues.
May 11, 2022 Alleged victim: She had sex with former teacher in his classroom’s closet The arrest report is shedding light on a middle school teacher in jail facing sex crime charges relating to an incident with a minor.
February 1, 2022 Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores suing NFL, every franchise The former coach of the Miami Dolphins is suing the National Football League and each of its franchises for racial discrimination.
January 24, 2022 Shark off South Florida’s coast swam all the way from Canada A ten-foot shark traveled more than 2,500 miles south over the past four months and is now swimming off the South Florida coast.
January 18, 2022 Naked NFL player charged with beating Broward deputy at child learning center A defensive tackle is charged with beating a Broward Sheriff’s deputy in a “violent attack” that left the deputy “dazed,” according to the Sun Sentinel.
January 6, 2022 Is child’s swim diaper OK or is country club in hot water? A pool problem that happened more than three years ago has a local country club being sued for discrimination.
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
November 28, 2019 To Thanksgiving, and the best TV episode ever dedicated to it This year, I reposted a Facebook memory from all the way back in 2018. It contrasts my good feelings about the holiday growing up…
October 29, 2019 Florida is for other people, who may not know… Most of you know how I feel about Florida. Knowing I moved out says much of it, but there are a lot of reasons…
July 20, 2019 Nothing against my friends at CBS, but… AT&T — which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and U-verse — released a statement saying it “offered to pay CBS an unprecedented rate increase and…
July 20, 2019 Larger Than Life Personality: Remembering Mitch Petrus — Austin Kellerman I’ve never reblogged before. Only heard of it. But heat stroke is deadly, and a serious threat this weekend. A few days ago, it…
January 7, 2019 Odds, ends and new beginnings It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…
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…
October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
September 26, 2018 Stupid, stupid, stupid! Sometimes I see or hear something so stupid, I lose control and have to call it out right away. That’s especially true when it…
June 29, 2018 Certification expiring, definitely done teaching The first thing I have to say is this blog was planned for today. It doesn’t have anything to do with Wednesday’s Supreme Court…
May 17, 2018 Forget Laurel and Yanny. Did Cecily call Adam a moron? I don’t know about you but yesterday, I couldn’t stop “hearing” about what the people who listened to a certain audio file heard. Most…
May 8, 2018 Paying for news, one candidate’s free airtime and asking for your comments I hope you’ve had a terrific Tuesday! I have a few thoughts (just a few) I figured I’d get out today. This morning, Axios…