For years it was argued that voting between the two presidential political opponents made no difference since they ultimately looked alike. Trump’s and Biden’s tempestuous campaigns through Florida this past week make that old adage…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DEBATE TRUTHS
Listening to the presidential debate the other night reminded me of listening to a well-known speaker years ago, one of the few times I came face to face with a true narcissist. He was a…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: MOODY AND BONDI
I was wondering whether current Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody is actually former Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi reborn. Pam Bondi refused to investigate Trump when he had clearly been found elsewhere to have violated…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FEDERALIST SOCIETY
The Federalist Society is on a roll. After a well-publicized but unsuccessful attempt on the part of Gov. Ron DeSantis to install fellow Federalist Society member Judge Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court, his…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
This year’s polling for the presidential election in Florida will have to factor in, as never before, the influence of early and absentee voting on election results. While Florida Atlantic University’s most recent poll showed…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SENIOR LIVING
When Gov. Ron DeSantis opened up the state on May 29, he did so with virtually no controls in place and cases soared. This week, the governor opened up senior-living facilities, again with minimal restrictions….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ALTERNATIVE REALITY
The schism between reality and what Kellyanne Conway once called, “alternative facts,” has been prolific in this administration, but the Republican National Convention takes the cake. Across the country, 180,000 Americans have died from COVID-19,…
Orlando Sentinel: History should have taught us lessons on pandemic
As the news spread across the country that Sheriff Billy Woods of Marion County had issued an order prohibiting any of his employees, as well as any public citizens entering the Sheriff’s Office, from wearing…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DEMS’ MAIL-IN EDGE
Early results in Central Florida appear to be playing out Republicans’ worst fears that the ease of mail-in voting, combined with President Trump’s waffling positions on its reliability, favor Democrats. When counting with just a…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TRUMP APPROVES
It is with massive relief that Florida has been blessed this week with The Donald’s imprimatur, bestowing his approval of Florida’s mail-in absentee ballot system. Apparently, the president is relatively comfortable that the system has…