Archive : Politics and More

by Dick Morris In the lunch alert videos on DickMorris.com last week and this week, Herman Cain, and then Michele Bachmann was interviewed to discuss their candidacies and perspectives. What emerged is a fascinating portrait of these two people and what...

The following is Councilman Clay Yarborough’s monthly letter to residents, as published in the September edition of Arlington Monthly.  It addresses the Monument Road Poker Room. ————————————————— Dear...

In summing up the GOP Senate prospects a few months ago, a field that includes Senate President Mike Haridopolos, ex-House Majority Leader Adam Hasner and Charlie Crist-appointed former Sen. George LeMieux — all three of whom face major obstacles in...

Four days before he’ll be sworn in as our city’s seventh mayor since consolidation, the citizens of Jacksonville still know relatively little about the man who will preside as chief executive of the River City for the next four years. Brown Oversaw...

“I always believe in my heart that I was called to run,” Mayor-elect Alvin Brown said during a recent interview. “God gave me a vision and I ran with it. And my message is going to be for young people that when God gives you a vision, you’ve...

Former President Clinton and attorney Willie Gary at the 2003 Gary Football Classic Early in the campaign, several local reporters commented on the elusive nature of his work history, lamenting that it was difficult to accurately assess Mayor-elect Alvin...

Jacksonville's mayor-elect Alvin Brown “What’s past is prologue,” wrote William Shakespeare. As Mayor-elect Alvin Brown assembles his transition team, we thought it would be instructive to learn more about the man who will lead the city of Jacksonville...

You may have noticed that the Jacksonville Observer‘s website has a significant new look. That’s because we have, for now, suspended publication of our monthly print magazine. In addition, we are dropping all syndicated and national content...

Not since Nikita Khrushchev berated Dwight Eisenhower over Gary Powers’ U-2 spy flight over Russia only weeks earlier has an American president been subjected to a dressing down like the one Barack Obama received from Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. With...

Dear Carrie: I just graduated from nursing school and am carrying several student loans — both federal and private. I don’t have to start repaying them for a few months, but I haven’t landed a job yet. I’m starting to worry how I’ll...