It’s time for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to retreat to his executive suite in Tallahassee, take a deep breath and end his war with the Disney Corp. DeSantis is on an utterly pointless crusade, revealing a petty, petulant personality motivated by revenge and a pathological need to prove he is correct. It can’t even be […]
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Michael Reagan: Our wild kids have America on edge
Violent events in the last few days prove how edgy Americans are. A 16-year-old boy who knocked on the wrong door was shot through the glass by a scared old man. A cheerleader was shot because she pulled into the wrong driveway. Another person was shot after she accidentally got in the wrong car at […]
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The Conversation: Why Fox News’ settlement with Dominion Voting Systems is good news for all media outlets
THE CONVERSATION — It’s all over but the spinning. At the eleventh hour, after the jury was sworn in and the lawyers were ready to make their opening statements, the judge presiding over Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News announced on April 18, 2023, that the “parties have resolved the case.” Little is known about the reported […]
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Lisa Botshon: Celebrating 140 years of Brunswick’s library
In 1883, I would have been writing this piece for the now long defunct Brunswick Telegraph. That’s the earliest year documented that Brunswick citizens first made a concerted effort to found a town library. While this endeavor may have seemed uncertain in the early 1880s, the circumstances were ripe for creating an institution dedicated to […]
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Letters to the editor: Keep Electoral College; reject abortion bill; movement to the left
Keeping the Electoral College In a recent letter to the Times Record, a writer indicated her support of pending legislation that would dramatically alter the way we choose our president. Instead of the current system that allots electoral votes to each state, it would simply count total votes across the country to determine the winner. […]
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Barbara Held: Assessing our polarized convictions about Trump’s criminal intent — and why it matters
With Donald Trump’s criminal indictment in the New York hush-money case and with three yet-to-be-determined criminal cases — on Georgia election interference, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the Mar-a-Lago government documents — Americans’ convictions about Trump’s criminal culpability are as polarized as ever. In the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jennifer McCoy and Benjamin Press […]
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Danny Tyree: Do you have a babysitting horror story?
At approximately the time this column is uploaded to the syndicate website, I will be attending the funeral of my Aunt Jean. I’m sure the eulogist will wax eloquent about heaven, but I want to nominate Aunt Jean to the Babysitter Hall of Fame. When I was six and my brother Dwight was four, our […]
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Just a Little Old: What a difference a mentor makes
During our recent visit to Anna Maria Island in Florida, we noticed a man and a boy having a blast in the warm Gulf water. Every day. Almost all day. The man was built like a football player. The boy had the same build, even though he was only six years old. We later learned […]
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Gordon L. Weil: Congress should rein in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court rules the federal government. When it comes to judges, the checks and balances that are supposed to restrain each of the three branches of the government don’t work. The Supreme Court composed of nine, unelected justices holding their positions for life have assumed virtually unlimited power. When they seek Senate confirmation, judicial […]
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Tom Purcell: What we need this Earth Day is more green thumbs
Earth Day is coming April 22, and I can’t think of a better opportunity for Americans to get their hands dirty. When Earth Day became an annual event in 1970 its purpose was to demonstrate support for protecting the environment. Today, more than 1 billion people in almost 200 countries will celebrate with events coordinated […]
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