Today on Context Florida:
Rolling Stone Magazine alleged a gang rape at the University of Virginia and now doubts its own report. David Swanson says he has no knowledge of the matter, but he believes victims need to understand that they are not to blame, that their community supports them, and that those responsible are sorry for what they have done. None of that comes out of an ancient British system of adversarial justice, an unprecedented epidemic of U.S. mass incarceration, or journalism that does not bother to get more than one side of a story.
Peter Schorsch says it is time for Melissa Sellers, Gov. Rick Scott’s new chief of staff to turn on the charm. She’s one week in and she has the entire apparatus of state government under her thumb. Ambitious, aggressive, up-and-coming women in the political process are often portrayed in a harsh light, while ambitious, aggressive, up-and-coming men in the political process are often encouraged to be more alpha-y.
Marco Rubio is at it again, writes Daniel Tilson. In writing and speechifying about our ever-worsening American income inequality crisis, Rubio remains incredibly lacking in credibility, and profoundly unworthy of the “working class hero” status he desperately seeks. Rubio is seeking credibility, not solutions.
With the loss of Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana’s run-off election last weekend, Southern Democrats have just about gone extinct. As a Southern liberal, Adam Weinstein says, “Good. America will be better off without them in the long run.”
For several years, the Florida Beer Wholesalers Association has supported lifting the restriction on 64-ounce growlers. But as most observers know, the Association originally tied its support to the larger discussion of direct brewer to consumer sales. That was then, writes Association Executive Director Mitch Rubin. And this is now.
