This week, the Food and Drug Administration will be hosting listening sessions ahead of its proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. While the attending bureaucrats will certainly rehash the data we’ve known for decades about the dangers of smoking, they’ll also be hearing a new spin from progressives: Banning menthol is essential to achieve “racial equity.” […]
Letter to the Editor By Jon Hochschartner I was happy to learn the San Fran-cisco-based company Eat Just is planning to build the world’s biggest cultivated-meat factory in the United States. For those who don’t […]
At a recent news conference in Fort Myers, Everglades Foundation CEO Eric Eikenberg referred to those he disagrees on water issues with as “knuckle draggers.” […]
The Cat in Uncle Tom’s Cabin […]
Former President Trump has deservedly earned the title “Teflon Don,” which is a similar title bestowed upon Mafia Boss John Gotti. Gotti ‘s nickname became “Teflon Don,” after juries failed to convict him twice for conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. […]
Alcohol and cannabis share some common histories and cultural relationships. Both have been around for thousands of years and have been met with societal acceptance and rejection, as well as government prohibitions. Both have also been used for celebration, recreation, and medication. […]
Let’s move to a more Uptempo topic. We have been graced with some out-standing “Blue Eyed Soul” singers. Wikipedia, starts the category with the Righteous Brothers – “Unchained Melody.” Personally, I think the commercial break for B/E soul came with the 1963 Skyliners hit “Since I […]
“All Safe: Transforming Public Safety” is a game plan for transformative change. This massive policy blueprint just published by People For the American Way is grounded in real-world data and the expertise of local elected officials, law enforcement experts, clergy, and other community activists. […]
Queen Tiye’s Kitchen […]
How did an individual so lacking in basic competence come to be the leader of our beloved county’s educational system? The words and attitude hurtle me back to the late 1990s when then-mayor of the City of Fort Lauderdale Robert Cox declared to school children, (paraphrasing) “Anybody can be mayor as long as you are free, white and 21.” The racist expression so roiled the community that Westside Gazette Publisher Levi Henry Jr. responded, (paraphrasing) “You will never hold office again in Broward County.” And he never did. […]
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