The brouhaha between two leading men – California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – just erupted, according to what Newsom told The Bee in the U.S. Capitol. Newsom went over the edge…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: NEWSOM VS. DESANTIS
The cultural war raging in America since former President Donald Trump was catapulted to office is now center stage in a heavyweight bout between two contenders with an astonishingly different definition of freedom. As Gov….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
When Dobbs v. Jackson overturned Roe v. Wade, reflecting well-settled law on abortion for some 50 years, it set off a pandemonium of conflicting issues on the constitutional rights of individuals and the constitutional balance…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: WATERGATE DEJA VU
As Watergate celebrates its 50th anniversary, we are faced with a déjà vu moment. Watergate ended Richard Nixon’s presidency when White House tapes released to Congress after a bitter legal battle showed Nixon complicit in…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: GAS TAX HOLIDAY
While President Biden is under pressure to address the cost of gas, he has two primary options: continue the bandages, or change policy. Gas prices have risen 41% since Putin started the Ukrainian war, and…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: MACRON
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….
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…