The following Letters to the Editor were published in The Daily Sun on March 7, 2023. Letter to Ron DeSantis: Recently you appeared in Venice to sell your book. Among your false and misleading comments, is one I find particularly dubious and offensive. “Florida is among the fastest growing states.” That is true. You then
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Mar 3, 2023. A caution. Well, Florida, You chose DeSantis for governor, . . . again! Here he is, along with his Republican enablers, doing their best to change you into their idea of the perfect conservative. My mother cautioned me, “Be
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 24, 2023. OUR POSITION: The recent approval of a charter school for the Wellen Park community in North Port is an example of the lax oversight dictated by the Legislature. Let’s start a charter school. A for-profit one for sure. There’s money to be made.
This Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 20, 2023. Governor DeSantis and the the GOP-controlled Legislature is at it again with another piece of proposed bad legislation. Specifically, the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program. This piece of ill conceived legislation would allow the use of taxpayer dollars to transport undocumented
By Carrie Seidman, The Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Feb 17, 2023. I’m sure I am not alone in being stunned by the compensation package approved at a recent special meeting of the New College of Florida board for Richard Corcoran, appointed as the school’s interim president following the Jan. 31 ouster of Patricia Okker. Corcoran, who will take over
By Henry Louis Gates Jr., The New York Times, Feb 17, 2023. Dr. Gates is the director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard. He is the host of the PBS television series “Finding Your Roots.” Lurking behind the concerns of Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, over the content of
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 18, 2023. Gov. DeSantis wants you to believe that his agenda is focused on “freedom.” In reality, he is creating a patchwork of highly discriminatory laws, rules, and practices. Taken as a whole, these practices target virtually every minority group in Florida.
Editor: Before the Wednesday press conference began, an administration staffer told state workers at the event to applaud and be “high energy.” Moments later, they cheered and clapped loudly when DeSantis entered the Florida Cabinet room, where he announced the budget plan. The workers broke out into applause three times during DeSantis’ presentation. It’s all
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Jan 24, 2023. Ron DeSantis and his fascist regime are running roughshod over our students’ education. First in K-12 grades with his CRT policy and banned books, etc. and now in our colleges and universities. Recently, for no reason except to promote
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Jan 23, 2023. Not all ideas of freedom are the same. Many feel if freedom is to be restricted, it should be on the local level where the individual has most influence over any decision that may impact them. Most see that
BY NIKKI MCCANN RAMIREZ, Rolling Stone, Jan 18, 2023. FLORIDA HAS BLOCKED the College Board from testing a pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies (APAAS) curriculum in the state under Governor Ron DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE” Act. According to a letter obtained by National Review, Florida’s Department of Education’s Office of Articulation said the curriculum “is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly
By David Leonhard, New York Times, February 2, 2021. Graphics by Yaryna Serkez Mr. Leonhardt is a senior writer at The Times. Ms. Serkez is a writer and graphics editor for Opinion. A president has only limited control over the economy. And yet there has been a stark pattern in the United States for nearly
By Paul Krugman, Opinion Columnist, New York Times, Jan 12, 2023. The Republicans who now control the House will soon try to slash Social Security and Medicare. They plan to achieve this by holding the economy hostage, threatening to create a financial crisis by refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling. The interesting questions are why
Staff Report, The Daily Sun, Jan 12, 2023. WASHINGTON, D.C. – While longtime U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan was nixed from negotiations for the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, another Southwest Florida congressman made the group. U.S. Rep. Greg Steube will be joining one of the more powerful committees in Congress, his office announced late
By Paul Krugman, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times, Jan 2, 2023. It’s 2023. What will the new year bring? The answer, of course, is that we don’t know. There are a fair number of what Donald Rumsfeld (remember him?) called “known unknowns” — for example, nobody really knows how hard it will be to reduce
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 26, 2022. OUR POSITION: Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to pay back teachers’ unions — and their members — for supporting his November opponent for governor, Charlie Crist. You don’t cross Gov. Ron DeSantis. The governor has made that clear in the past and he’s raising
Editor: Our representative does NOT represent us or our neighbors of Ukrainian heritage. Staff report by The Daily Sun, Dec 22, 2022. SARASOTA – Following a speech from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday night to Congress, U.S. Rep. Greg Steube said he would not favor more aid for Ukraine’s fight with Russia. Steube represents much
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 13, 2022. In Rep. Greg Steube’s “Sunday Update” to the voters in his district (of which l am one) he announced that he and seven of his colleagues were “demanding transparency” from the USNA on why they denied diplomas to several
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist, Dec 12, 2022 As former president Donald Trump’s legal and political problems mount, his chances of becoming the Republican Party nominee in 2024 are diminishing. But while the GOP might be moving on from Trump, it isn’t giving up on Trump’s technique of outrage-mongering. It’s simply finding new sources of
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist, December 7, 2022. Republican support for former president Donald Trump is declining. Even his popularity among evangelicals has faded — not because they have discovered his abysmal character or lack of reverence for the Constitution, but because they fear he might not be a winning candidate. But Republicans have a significant problem for 2024, even
By David Von Drehle, Washington Post Columnist, Dec 2, 2022. One cannot be surprised to find the Republican Party adrift. This is what happens to ships boarded by pirates, plundered and set aflame on the high seas. Poor Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), leader of the House majority-to-be: How glum he looks as the Cuckoo Caucus binds his hands to
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