Mark Twain wrote, ‘’There are three types of lies: lies, damn lies and statistics.'’ But I’ll take statistics any day over the lies and damn lies being peddled by the special interests in Tallahassee.
From fire ants to Formosan termites to water-sopping Melaleuca trees, hundreds of invasive plants and animals threaten Florida’s economy, agriculture and environment.
Sometimes the line separating idiom from idiocy is a thin one. Such is the case with Jeb Bush’s latest accusations that Common Cause has been squirreling away its donors in its laudable effort to reform Florida’s unfairly gerrymandered legislative and congressional districts.
“Casino Jack” Abramoff is sullying the good schmooze. Nobody denies that schmoozing is at the heart of lobbying. But the term has acquired a bad rap, and this latest ethics debacle is a nail in the coffin for what used to denote something positive.
WHAT is it about watching young women being ravished by oversized middle-aged gorillas that presses so many buttons - and fuels so many King Kong movies, including the latest version opening on Wednesday?
You don’t have to look hard this fall for evidence it’s high time to adopt a green, or environmentally conscious, approach to life.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sets the standard for all reactors.
With Scripps Florida set to break ground at its Palm Beach County headquarters Friday (Sept. 23), the news from the fledgling biomedical research institute is promising.
In his opening statement Monday, Judge John G. Roberts Jr. said that while gazing on Indiana’s fields as a youth, he saw no boundaries or limitations to opportunity.
People of faith — particularly Christians and Jews — should applaud the Supreme Court for its decisions Monday in two Ten Commandments cases.