It may not be morning in America. But it’s probably not mourning either. George Floyd could be described as the face that launched a thousand ships. 158 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation…;
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: INCHING FORWARD
In the midst of an impasse between some political leaders anxious to get the economy back to work and a wary public striving to stay safe, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is striking the right…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: TRUMP’S WWE
The irony is so surreal it almost belongs in the Dali Museum. As Gov. Ron DeSantis dawdles in protecting Florida’s residents, he nonetheless designated WWE as essential business, despite the fact that wrestling while social…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: MURPHY’S ENDORSEMENT
U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy’s endorsement of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg for president is noteworthy. Current Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are locked in a bitter feud for the progressive wing…;
Orlando Sentinel: Trump’s ‘fireside tweets’ a far cry from FDR
With the president finishing up each chat with an appeal to God or Providence and a request to the American people to face the issues with resolute patience and faith, Roosevelt’s bedtime Fireside manner was…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FAIR WAGES IN FLORIDA
John Morgan’s successful entry into the campaign to put fair wages on the 2020 Florida ballot brings into the dialogue an effective, principled and well-heeled change agent with a history of successful advocacy. Studies have…;
No sense of decency: Kavanaugh’s Army–McCarthy moment
We survived the venom of the Army-McCarthy hearings. And we will survive the debacle of the Kavanaugh hearings. American exceptionalism demands it. After all, American exceptionalism is real, and it will continue to be real….;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: FINISH THE JOB
With the highest court in the nation upholding the rights of a state to pass reasonable firearm restrictions without Second Amendment concerns and a national tidal wave of sentiment coalescing as tens of thousands of…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: KUDOS, CHARLIE GRAY
Tallahassee’s failure to pass common-sense gun-reform legislation increasing the minimum age for owning a rifle to 21 years old and banning assault weapons for civilian use is a national disgrace. Mass shootings at Orlando’s Pulse…;
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: THE PAST IS PAST
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…;