President Donald Trump left office last week, his legacy forever tarnished by the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. But a full and fair accounting of his four years in the White House should acknowledge his achievements along with the unacceptable events of the past few weeks.
“He’d wake up at 3 or 4 in the morning to get to the hospital for rounds, so he could be at his office when it opened. He never took a break.” That was Dr. Carlos Araujo Preza’s daughter talking about her 51-year-old father, a pulmonologist in Texas who had been on the front lines of the cor…
To turn the page to a more peaceful future, Americans must make solid efforts to tone down rhetoric and seek bipartisan following the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Those changes won’t stick unless the nation confronts the origins of the chaos that led up to today’s transfer of power.
Amanda Brumfield said she kept waiting for someone to realize that she had been wrongfully convicted. She would spend nearly nine years in prison before being freed.
Presidential inaugurations are designed to be reassuring. They are proof that our system is strong and stable, and can transcend even the most vicious of political campaigns. They are national celebrations of our democracy, no matter who wins.
Someone has assaulted a manatee by writing “Trump” on its back.
The first question that should be asked for each person is would you like to return to the world of February 2020? If your response (without other conditions) is yes, then the best and only option is to take the COVID-19 Vaccine twice.
A two-year Department of Justice investigation into the Lowell Correctional Institution near Ocala has confirmed what anyone who cared already knew.
On Jan. 1, 1863, 158 years ago, the emancipation proclamation legally ended slavery. It did not, of course, end racism. Decades of oppression, segregation and Jim Crow laws lay ahead. There were years of intimidation — lynchings, assassinations, church bombings, riots, protest marches, court…
Florida’s healthcare workers who are on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 have been among the first Floridians to get the vaccine. Senior citizens are especially vulnerable to this deadly virus, and they, too, are at the head of the line to get the shot.
Thanks to the 1st Amendment, government in the United States has little power to stop people from speaking their minds. But the Bill of Rights doesn’t constrain Facebook, Twitter and other Big Tech companies, which decided in the wake of last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol that the world …
As the holiday season wanes and we all find ourselves with maybe a bit more time on our hands, it’s time to think of how we can give back to our communities while filling our mid-winter days.
Watchdog groups have long been barking for ethics changes on Capitol Hill. Rightly so.
Many of us began 2020 taking for granted the relative comfort and freedom we enjoyed — to get whatever we wanted, when we wanted it; and to do what we wanted to do, when and with whom we chose.
With 2020 still closer than it appears in the rearview mirror, we’re reticent to add pressure to 2021 by way of resolutions.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools insisted, in a settlement, that five young women who were raped by their physical-education teacher at Brownsville Middle School were not to “impugn or disparage” the school system in any way.
The damage caused by COVID-19 can be seen every day in rising numbers of deaths and hospitalizations, but some of the harm caused by the pandemic is more insidious.
At the risk of sounding like a record (remember those?) that continuously skips to the point of irritation, we must ask: What’s the progress on updating CONNECT, Florida’s infamous unemployment compensation system that has the unsavory reputation for being one of the nation’s worst?
Small business owners and entrepreneurs have always been a special breed. Those who succeed are fearless in the face of adversity, creative in promoting their business and nimble in seizing opportunities and adjusting to changes in market conditions. They must be part soothsayer and part gambler.
Just as 2020 will long be known as the year when things really fell apart, today is a perfect day to pledge that 2021 will be the year when communities pulled it all back together.
Had he lived, Lawrence Carter should have been one of the first in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. He was 76 years old, diabetic, had one leg and was confined to a wheelchair.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has made it clear he has no interest in shutting down Florida again to control the spread of the coronavirus.
Food banks across the country have been especially hard hit during the pandemic.
This holiday season, there’s a gift we can give to ourselves, to one another, for the greater good of humankind.
When Times Square’s famous New Year’s Eve “time ball” touches the ground at midnight Thursday, “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” might be a better song this time than “Auld Lang Syne.”
No sooner had Congress passed Covid relief and a budget bill totaling $2.3 trillion last week than Democrats were already demanding more. Joe Biden called it a mere “down payment” and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it is “a first step.” They want bailouts for the states in particular, even as the…
Millions of households nationwide could find themselves evicted from their homes soon after New Year’s Day as one of the last safeguards from eviction during the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nationwide eviction moratorium, is set to expire.
As COVID-19 cases keep surging in Florida, the distribution of the first vaccinations this week offered hope that the pandemic will be ending in the coming months.
Editor’s Note: In September of 1897, The New York Sun received a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. That letter prompted Francis Church, one of the editors, to write what has become perhaps the most famous newpaper editorial of all time. The Highlands News-Sun takes pleasure sharing i…
The landmark antitrust case against Facebook, filed last week by states and the federal government, is powerful and welcome.
Robert Luckey, the first person in the Houston region to get the coronavirus vaccine, is a registered nurse at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, and is assigned to the hospital’s COVID-19 unit.
In the South, for decades, the “Lost Cause” narrative of the post-Civil War period dominated how children were taught in school.
The pandemic is still raging, but now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine and doses are being administered, there is hope that we are nearing the end.
Before the novel coronavirus pandemic grabbed the spotlight, opioid addiction was America’s No. 1 health problem. For five years or more, headlines in nearly every newspaper in the country were focused on the effects of abuse, especially overdose deaths and infants born addicted to the drugs…
Over the river and through the woods might not happen for Christmas this year … or for several months afterward, for that matter. At a time of year when we most look forward to seeing far off relatives, some of whom might be a little older, it is hard for us to think about whether it is safe…
What if you built an expensive, elaborate reviewing stand for a parade, and then on the big day, it overlooked an empty street? That is the question both President-elect Joe Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump must answer in just a few weeks.
We are sure our readers are as tired of hearing about the COVID-19 pandemic as we are of writing about it.
In normal times, the Electoral College vote designating the winner of a presidential election would be carried out under the radar with little public notice.
When you board a commercial airliner, you know there are certain risks that go with this mode of transportation. You may be placed next to someone with a squalling infant, or behind a traveler who insists on reclining, or alongside an overly talkative stranger — hopefully wearing a tight-fit…
Much of the news about vaccines to combat the pandemic emphasizes speed: a “race” to approval, “Operation Warp Speed” and the truly record-breaking timelines. But speed is not the only remarkable aspect of the process that will soon result in vaccines reaching tens of millions of Americans. …
It is no fault of billionaire Jeff Bezos that COVID-19 is the grinch who stole Christmas from many people in our communities. Bezos did not bring the virus to our country. We have no hesitation in suggesting that if he could end the epidemic by spending his entire fortune, he would do so.
We won’t deny having concerns on the heels of one of the country’s biggest and most traveled holidays, Thanksgiving. Moreover, we have concerns for the Christmas holiday.
This woeful year of 2020 — all disease and death, economic distress, social unrest, political anxiety — nears its end on a hopeful note. Vaccines are coming.
A gift card seems like that perfect stocking stuffer, but not so fast.
