The issue isn’t that France’s President Emmanuel Macron won re-election. It’s that he won easily with 58.5% of the vote. His nemesis, right-wing autocrat Marine Le Pen, lost convincingly, which was not a foregone conclusion….
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ORRIN HATCH
Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch just passed away at the age of 88. With the GOP facing an identity crisis on the state and federal levels, it is worth pausing to eulogize this classic Republican. In…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AUTOCRATS’ PLAYBOOK
The old Buddhist proverb says that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. That proverb could be no truer than the recent coming-out party for our governor. As the astute Harvard-educated apprentice of the…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: READING MORE INTO IT
From “don’t say gay” to “critical race theory,” in the Alice in Wonderland of today’s modern Florida, things appear to be getting “curiouser and curiouser!” Florida’s Department of Education rejected 42 math books out of…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: A TALIBAN MOMENT
As the reality of the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation disseminates among school boards, it’s increasingly more evident that Florida is facing its Taliban moment. When the Taliban recaptured control of the Afghanistan government, it began…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DEMOCRACY RULES
It has been said that American democracy produces an unruly lot. Alexis De Tocqueville learned of its dangers over 250 years ago. But, as we see what is unfolding as the result of two sovereign…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CLASSIC DOUBLESPEAK
Even George Orwell, author of the 1949 blockbuster, “1984,” coining the “doublespeak,” would roll over in his grave were he living in Florida today. Florida’s surgeon general called masks, which saved countless lives during the…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TOP-FOUR PRIMARY
A new election system rolled out in Alaska for the 2022 election may provide a productive proof of concept for Floridians to evaluate. Sponsored by Republican-turned-independent former state lawmaker Jason Grenn, the new system eliminates…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: BALLOT LAW
This past week brought several ballot issues to the fore. The House panel proposed in HJR1127 to limit citizen initiatives to procedural subjects, the structure of the government or of the constitution. Said differently, under…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: WATCH PRIVATE BANS
Florida Republican lawmakers, eyeing Texas’ abortion law for clues to Florida’s next steps, might be well served to remember: what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has recognized…