Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Tag archive

Blake Dowling - page 3

Today on Context Florida: The Civil War, Florida’s black bears and 3D printing

in Apolitical/Top Headlines by

Today on Context Florida: Wars never end, says Marc Yacht. The bullets may stop but the hatreds continue. Both sides remember. The Civil War never ended. The battles are over, the bullets stopped flying but be assured, the hatreds and conflicts continue. Revision of history, the continued growth of intolerance, the white supremacy mantra and hate pose serious threats to our nation’s future. At the annual black bear festival near Central Florida’s Ocala National Forest, Kate MacFall writes that there’s a…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Today on Context Florida: Polling for 2016, deadbeat dads and the 1995 tech revolution

in Apolitical/Top Headlines by

Today on Context Florida: For Bob Sparks, polling for the 2016 presidential campaign is a political scientist’s dream. It is not too bad for pundits, either. There is something in it for everyone. The Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday is the latest example. Donald Trump still polls the highest in some areas and the lowest in others. The same is true for Hillary Clinton. It also shows that support is growing for a core group of GOP candidates at the…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Today on Context Florida: Scott’s record of shame, Windows 10, hurricane gerrymandering and Lake Point

in Apolitical/Top Headlines by

Today on Context Florida: Diane Roberts tallies up Rick Scott’s scorecard of shame when it comes to the environment. Her personal favorite is the $174,078,574 in designated Amendment 1 money for salaries and overhead in the Department of Agriculture, DEP, FWC and the Department of State. The state is supposed to be paying salaries and insurance anyway, Roberts says, while pointing out that subsidizing the Department of Agriculture in its aiding and abetting of big polluters is just moronic. And contrary…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Today on Context Florida: Elston Edward “Steve” Roady, generational poverty and cyber-skimming

in Apolitical by

Today on Context Florida: Martin Dyckman writes that Florida lost one of its oldest and best citizens when Elston Edward “Steve” Roady, a professor emeritus of political science at Florida State University, died at Tallahassee last week, four months into his 96th year. He was one of Dyckman’s favorite professors there, long ago, and a good friend. Nearly 1 million children live at or below the poverty line in Florida — roughly defined as having an annual income of about $24,000…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

Today on Context Florida: Arrogant billionaires, technical disruptions and Donald Trump

in Apolitical/Top Headlines by

Today on Context Florida: Our next president may well owe the office to arrogant billionaires or be one himself, says Martin Dyckman. Meanwhile, The New York Times reports that fewer than 400 families account for nearly half the $388-million already invested in that election still more than a year away. Did America shed blood to be rid of monarchy only to have it come to this? Blake Dowling asks: What is technical disruption? Simply described, he thinks of it as new…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

New laws and technology to protect you

in Apolitical by

You may have heard the story of a Florida State student who had comprising pictures posted on the internet by a former boyfriend. This act is crudely and generally called “revenge porn,” and there are websites dedicated to posting pictures of ex’s without their permission to get back at them for some transgression that occurred during or at the end of their relationship (breakup). The student in this case went to law enforcement to report the crime and found out…

Keep Reading

You might be interested in

1 2 3
Go to Top