I had a tough argument with a friend who was incensed that our local police had placed traffic cameras at major intersections. He felt that the authorities were running surveillance on innocent citizens. I countered that if police officers sitting in their cars observed drivers going through red lights, would he consider that intrusive spying? […]

It’s certainly about time for Ron DeSantis, who remains the main challenger to front-runner Donald Trump, to stop pulling his punches. On the campaign trail this week, responding to the latest indictment, DeSantis came closer than usual. In answer to a reporter’s question, he actually acknowledged, “All those theories that were put out did not […]

Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s “chief financial officer,” said that Farmers Insurance pulled out of Florida not because it was losing money there but because the company was “woke.” How that wokeness manifested itself, he does not say. The profit motive is apparently a very shocking concept to the state official tasked with overseeing Florida’s financial regulation. […]

There was a time when the mere whiff of an indictment – let alone the reality of one – was enough to sink a promising candidate. Today, what do we call it when a new four-count indictment gets returned? Easy. We call it Tuesday. That’s the new normal. It’s the new normal because, frankly, what […]

Little-known fact: A leading cause of death in Texas is Gov. Greg Abbott. Yes, by intentional actions and deliberate inactions, Abbott has used his gubernatorial policies to kill thousands of Texans, including: his calculated refusal to extend Medicaid to millions of poor Texans [including nearly a million children]; his intentional denial of water breaks for […]