George Orwell’s influential “1984” bellowed, among other notable quotes like “Big Brother is Watching You,” one also particularly prescient in this topsy-turvy age in which Southern states desperately try to rewrite the Civil War as…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TAX-REFORM A BOON FOR ENTREPRENEURS
A decade ago, tech-centric small-business workplaces were limited to just one: the UCF Incubator. Today, Canvs, Catalyst, Orlando Tech, Fire-Spring Fund and Starter Studio have also created their own ecosystems, soon to be joined by Pipeline…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Tyranny of the Majority
When Alexis de Tocqueville penned his prescient tome in 1835, Democracy in America, little did he know how prophetic it would turn out to be for 21st century America…Read More Originally posted for the Orlando…
18-year-old walks into gun store. Presto! He buys assault weapon
My younger son the other day told me a harrowing story about a friend of his, a high-school senior who just turned 18, who was hell-bent on buying a gun … Read more
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: P.T. Barnum’s White House
It is ironic that on the same week the successors to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus … Read More Originally posted for the Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100.
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Uber & The Public Sector
I love Uber’s disruptive treatment of traditional channels…Read More Originally posted for the Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Ban Assault Weapons
The proposed bill by Sen. Linda Stewart and Repr. Carlos Guillermo-Smith banning automatic weapons…Read More. Originally posted for the Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100.
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Guns Do Not Belong On College Campuses
No Second Amendment ideological debate can ever justify the lunacy of the Florida Senate Judiciary Chairman, Greg Steube, in moving to permit concealed weapons on college campuses…Read More Originally posted for the Orlando Sentinel’s Central…
Republican Convention Revisited
In light of the election results, I thought it would be appropriate to repost my evaluations of each of the four nights of the Republican National Convention, dating from July 16 through July 21. Our…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: Emerging Florida Coalition
Same-sex marriage was legally recognized in Florida on January 6th, 2015. Medical marijuana was made legal in Florida on November 8th, 2016 by an overwhelming vote of 71%. Florida became a red-state for the first…