The political knife fight that was the Florida primary election season came to a close last night and the evening did not disappoint. On some levels it was predicable, other times it defied prediction. The winners in the contests for the republican nomination for U.S. Senate and the Democratic primary for governor were basically running [...]
The curious case of the Park 51 Islamic center in lower Manhattan is a fascinating on a purely political level. For years the go to political pitch to the American people from the political right was, “Muslims are everywhere and they are trying to kill you, so vote Republican.” The Republican party and the right [...]
It’s well documented that conservative expectations for the performance of the Obama administration are uniformly negative. Mr. Obama could propose tomorrow that the federal capital be renamed “Reagantown” and conservatives would find some element of fascism within the proposal. But an accurate way to gauge the successes of the Obama administration is what conservatives and [...]
Now that the nation is within 100 days of the midterm congressional elections, the campaigns seem to be coming to life with their arguments to the nation. One theme that has started to emerge from the political right is the issue of spending restraint. On this point conservatives and the Tea Party types are banking [...]
The dog days of summer are here and upon us in the great state of Florida. I don’t exactly know why the hell they call them the “dog days,” but if it means being in a soaking sweat just from walking out to my car for all of 5 minutes then they are here. I [...]
July 1st is a very important day in history. In 1898 on July 1st the Battle of San Juan Hill was fought by the Rough Riders and future President Theodore Roosevelt. It is also the date three years ago that this website went live for the first time. I had been writing for a while [...]
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Writers block is a bitch, let’s just be honest here folks. The dead of summer has settled in here in The Sunshine Empire and the tempestuous mix between blinding heat and torrential thunderstorms is now a daily occurrence. I’m a naturally opinionated American, but we deal with issues of such immense proportion that they last [...]
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