“Women veterans are increasing in numbers for military service and will continue to do so….” Annually the Sarasota County Veterans Commission (SCVC) recognizes the Veteran of the Year, Woman Veteran of the Year and Auxiliary Person of the Year. In 2010, the Female Veteran of the Year Award went to Ms. Georgie Alfano-Cronk. Far too […]
There is a growing movement against the high stakes testing requirement in Florida’s public schools. The School Boards of Lee and Palm Beach County are seriously looking at opting out of the Florida (Common Core) State Standards testing program. NewsPress.com’s Emily Atteberry reports: FCAT. Florida Standards. Common core. No matter what you call it, the school […]
Dennis Michael Lynch appeared at an event sponsored by the Sarasota Patriots in Sarasota, Florida on August 22nd as part of his Fighting for America Tour 2014. Lynch began his presentation by lamenting the fact that two of his appearances in Texas were cancelled. Lynch attributed it to “infighting” between TEA Party Conservatives and establishment Republicans. […]
Riverview High School in Sarasota, Florida has an International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Under the Riverview High School IB program is a category titled “Service Organizations.” One of these organizations is the Coexistence Club. Dena Sturm is listed as the Docent Program Adviser for the IB Program Coexistence Club. According to EmbracingOurDifferences.org: The Embracing Our Differences partnership […]
Since the shooting of Michael Brown by a white policeman and the ensuing riots and looting in Ferguson, MO, Americans have been told, yet again, that there is an epidemic of crime against black people in this country. But is there really a race war, and if so, which side is actually waging it? RELATED […]
Ferguson, Missouri has become the focus of an Islamic State social media campaign to discredit President Obama, the United States and law enforcement. There is a long history of recruitment of minorities in U.S. prisons to embrace Islam. Bridget Gabriel in her column “Islam’s New Recruiting Methods” writes: Al-Qaida and other Islamic groups are actively targeting blacks, […]
The Palm Beach County based BizPac Review has sent out its August 26th primary endorsements. Jack Furnari sent out “Jacks 2014 Conservative Primary Voters Guide“. Furnari describes himself as “a conservative writer and political strategist in Boca Raton.” On Jack’s list is Karen Brill running for re-election for the Palm Beach School Board District 3 […]
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops is the nonpartisan public policy voice of the Catholic Church in the sunshine state. The Florida Conference has released its Candidate Questionnaire Project responses from those running for Governor, U.S. Congress and the state legislature. The deadline for primary candidate responses was Tuesday, July 29, 2014 for the Primary […]
The reasons behind the violence in Ferguson, Missouri are entirely known and predictable. The reasons why it continues are also known. The solutions to stop community of Ferguson, Missouri from “cannibalizing itself” are readily available. The Forensic Panel exists to answer the who, what, where, why and how to stop the unabated violence seen in […]
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease” is an American idiom used to convey the idea that the most noticeable (or loudest) problems (or people) are the ones most likely to get attention. Americans are shocked and dismayed by the shootings, looting and rioting happening in Ferguson, Missouri. Elected leaders, at every level of government, appear to […]
Florida Power and Light (FP&L) on its website states, “At our three solar energy centers throughout Florida, we’re making the most of our state’s sunshine, turning it into clean energy and using it to power your home or business.” FP&L has solar energy centers (solar panel farms) located in Cape Canaveral (Space Coast Next Generation […]
In 1911 New York Journal editor Arthur Brisbane while discussing journalism and publicity said, “Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.” That has morphed into the now commonly used phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words.” So it is with politics. Early voting has begun in Florida. In Sarasota County at least two […]
Harriet Brinker, a Facebook friend, shared with me the below letter from Dan Bongino, Republican Candidate for the U.S. Congress in Maryland 6th District. I had the opportunity to meet Dan at the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL. I interviewed him on the radio and got to know the man up close and […]
VICE News reporter Medyan Dairieh spent three weeks embedded with the Islamic State, gaining unprecedented access to the group in Iraq and Syria as the first and only journalist to document its inner workings. The Islamic State, a hard line Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of […]
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network lists Denmark as having the “highest levels of happiness” in their 2013 World Happiness Report. Author of Manipulism and the Weapon of Guilt, Mikkel Clair Nissen has another view of why the Danes are so happy. They are because they are “medicated to be.” Nissen notes, “Denmark’s suicide rate—with an average of […]