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Today on Context Florida: Picking our presidents, our half-right campaign, Time’s 100 Most Influential and online buying patterns

Published on May 12, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: Now that Donald Trump is nearing the number of delegates necessary to assure him the Republican Party nomination and super delegates all but guarantee Hillary Clinton the Democratic nod, the 2016 presidential race is set. Are you excited about the choice? Steven Kurlander bets you are not. “Annoyed” is more like it. It’s a sure bet the next person you ask is not happy either. While many Americans are distressed about the choice, Kurlander says they also…

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Today on Context Florida: Donald Trump’s success, election tsunami, vice presidential picks and Harm Reduction

Published on May 4, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: As the primary season continues and we near the GOP convention in July, one thing has become certain to Steven Kurlander. Whether the GOP likes it or not, Donald Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee. What’s not certain is whether Trump the GOP nominee, or if elected president, will build on his brilliant exploitation of dissatisfaction to seize a moment in history to rebuild the American political system. It’s quite popular among out-of-touch Republican conservatives to…

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Today on Context Florida: Split custody law, restroom customs, prepared for kindergarten and adult trikes

Published on April 6, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: The world runs on the unpaid and underpaid work of women, says Julie Delegal. Churches, schools, nonprofits, and many business offices would collapse without it. Florida Senate Bill 688 is a slap in the face to the men and women (mostly women) who choose to make themselves available to do the unpaid work of caring, freeing their partners to build breadwinning careers. Gov. Rick Scott should veto it now. The bill robs judges of discretion in divorces…

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Today on Context Florida: Secret Service protection, censorship not so bad, Smart Solar, alimony “reform” and the Pfizer squeeze

Published on March 10, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: As Donald Trump moves ever closer to snagging the GOP nomination for U.S. president, Bob Driver says he will probably ask for — and receive — a high level of Secret Service protection. He may well need it. As the weeks pass, the political atmosphere is heating up to the point where “ugly” no longer describes what’s going on. Trump’s fans are many, and well may usher him into the White House. But the fact remains that…

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Today on Context Florida: A kick in the ovaries, Trump & torture, public notice, Art Buchwald and Ralph Arza

Published on February 16, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: For Valentine’s Day, what did the sweethearts in the Legislature give to the ladies of Florida? A swift kick in the ovaries, says Diane Roberts. Rep. Charles Van Zant’s HB 865 would shut down all abortion clinics, urge the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, and make abortion a felony. Zygotes are citizens, too. Normally (if that word can be used with regard to Florida government), his pet project would languish unheard and unloved. But…

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Today on Context Florida: Death penalty inconsistency, David Jolly, drug abuse, campaign insanity and insurance fraud

Published on January 20, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: In a U.S. Supreme Court dissent last year, Martin Dyckman notes, Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that it’s time to abolish capital punishment death penalty. The whole notion is riddled with too many inconsistencies for a civil society, Breyer said. At the time, only Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg agreed. Every year, about 1,000 people go to Florida prisons for various degrees of homicide. Last year, only nine of them went to death row. U.S. Rep. David Jolly pulls…

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Today on Context Florida: Florida’s Fifth District, pharmacies, Trump & Hitler, James Tracy and good NYEWS

Published on December 22, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Today on Context Florida: Bob Sparks notes that former state Sen. Al Lawson revealed his intention last week to run for Congress in the newly configured 5th District. The announcement from Lawson, a Democrat from Tallahassee, puts in motion a chain reaction of events that will make this one worthy of attention. A case could be made for Lawson, Sparks says. The new district runs from Jacksonville to Gadsden County west of Tallahassee. As a former state senator, Lawson has represented…

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