Apparently, billionaire Jared Isaacman is pairing with billionaire Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, for a new space-bound mission designed to achieve the highest ever Earth orbit, the world’s first commercial spacewalk — all…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CHICKEN SUPREME
In shuttering the last of its restaurants in Orlando, Fuddruckers joins a plethora of burger chains such as well-known Wahlburgers vanquished by chickens. Chick-fil-A has made it abundantly clear: Americans prefer chickens to cows. In…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: UBER SENIORS
Whether it’s ride sharing or food delivery, seniors have apparently discovered that Uber and Lyft provide not only supplemental income to Social Security and retirement pay, but also social interaction and a sense of purpose….
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: AUTOMATION
It appears that the automation of jobs in response to the Great Resignation is probably not going to include servers in the food-service industry. A robot at Oviedo’s Playa Pizza brings food to diners, takes…
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: TELESCOPE’S QUEST
“How does it feel to make history, everybody?” That’s what Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, told his team members after NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope unfolded its huge, gold-plated, flower-shaped…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: JUSTICE FOR JAN. 6
Last year around this time, Americans stormed the Capitol in an attempted insurrection to “Stop the Steal.” Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke at the first anniversary of that attack, identifying that the Department of Justice…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: OMICRON OUT OF CONTROL
Last year at this time, vaccines developed to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic began leaving production facilities heading to distribution centers around the country. This week, the omicron variant crossed the milestone of 1 million infections…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: THE OTHER HALF THRIVES
When Mayor Buddy Dyer invites departing visitors back to Central Florida, he leaves them with the message: “I hope you’ve enjoyed our attractions, but come back soon — you’ve only seen the half of it.”…