There Oughta be a Law… Against the BCS?
How’s everyone out there enjoying the peace, prosperity, vibrant job market, efficient health care system and flawless public education? Presumably, all those are in the bag since Congress is back spending its time on the college football playoff. Another bill is in the pipeline, the news from Washington this week that a House subcommittee has [...]
Bennett, Proctor: End Home Insurance Rate Regulation
The state would no longer have any say over property insurance premiums under a bill filed in the Legislature that sponsors said was aimed at getting state taxpayers off the hook for storm losses. The bill, filed by Sen. Mike Bennett and Rep. Bill Proctor, is a broader version of legislation that passed the Legislature [...]
Obama’s Exit Strategy
If actions speak louder than words, President Obama is cutting America free of George Bush’s wars and coming home. For his bottom line Tuesday night was that all U.S. forces will be out of Iraq by mid-2011 and the U.S. footprint in Afghanistan will, on that date, begin to get smaller and smaller. Yet the [...]
Florida Manufacturers Tap Lad Daniels as Man of the Year
Jacksonville’s own Lad Daniels has been named “Man of the Year” by the Manufacturers Association of Florida (MAF) at their recent annual summit in Orlando. Daniels, a former Jacksonville City Council President, currently serves as President of the First Coast Manufacturers Association. According to Nancy Stephens, the executive director of MAF, Daniels was selected for the award for his proven leadership [...]
Rail Bill Wins Senate Approval, Heads to Crist
After twice defeating legislation that would allow for commuter rail in central Florida in previous sessions, the Florida Senate on Tuesday approved a broader three-part rail package on a wider-than-expected margin. The backing of most of the 14-member Democratic caucus, whose objection to the special session rail package was mollified by a late deal with [...]
FSU Names Alumnus Barron as New President
National Center for Atmospheric Research Director Eric Barron was tapped Tuesday as the new president of his alma mater, Florida State University, despite initial views from a trustees search committee that none of the applicants for the university’s top job were good enough. Barron, 58, worked at Penn State for more than 20 years, including [...]
State May Appeal EPA Clean Water Rules
State officials said Tuesday they’re considering going to court over an August consent decree requiring Florida to adopt federal clean water standards by late next year. With municipal governments, and public and private utilities saying it will cost them billions to comply, Gov. Charlie Crist and other Cabinet members said the consent decree entered between [...]
Attorney General, State Senator Top MA Primary
A Republican with a track record of winning in Democratic areas and a prosecutor seeking to become Massachusetts’ first female senator will compete next month in a special election that could determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Scott Brown, a state senator and Army reservist who in 1982 was named “America’s Sexiest [...]
Sting Contemplates Cold Reality
NEW YORK – Unlike many rock stars of a certain age, Sting is not especially interested in denying or defying mortality. “I’m not a young man,” he declares over coffee in his living room. “I’m 58. I’m not in the winter of my life yet, but I need to prepare for that passage.” Hence the [...]
Serial Infidelity in the Age of Tiger Woods
The parade of women coming forward to proclaim a liaison with Tiger Woods has brought a new twist to the typical cheating husband story. The famous golfer’s admitted “transgressions” and “personal failings” suggest his philandering is of the repeat variety, making this a tale about serial infidelity and raising questions about how such dalliances may [...]
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