Ron Filipkowski, a lifelong Republican and former state and federal prosecutor, resigned from his state-appointed position on a panel which picks judges for which he was nominated by Gov. Ron DeSantis, after Filipkowski reviewed the…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TALE OF THREE LEADERS
On the federal level, President Trump not only threw his hands up and relinquished responsibility for handling COVID-19, but he actually called it a “Democrat-led hoax.” On the state level, Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SORE LOSER IN CHIEF
Trailing by 5.5 million popular votes and 70 electoral votes, repudiation of Donald Trump would be apparent, at least under ordinary times. But these are not ordinary times and Trump is not like most presidents….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DEAD VOTERS
Buried in the mountain of political articles during this year’s election was one particularly macabre story about an unknown person in Columbia, S.C., who had submitted at least 51 new applications to register dead voters…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPLIT GOVERNMENT
A split government is not necessarily a divided government. Had Donald Trump won, he would have been without constraint, backed by a Republican Senate. He was already unimpeachable and would have been beyond control in…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: DEMOCRACY WINS
In the midst of what could probably be described as the most vicious campaign in recent history – two years and counting – for the presidency of the United States, and regardless of whether your…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CIVILITY
Utah gubernatorial candidates Chris Peterson and Spencer Cox are offering a welcome campaign respite in a joint ad, each pitching themselves with smiles, and then saying: “we can debate issues without degrading each other’s character;…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PRESIDENTIAL CONTRASTS
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…
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…