There is no debate about this statistic: Florida is the most popular state for the Affordable Care Act.
The past four months feel like four years. When are we finally going to get back to at least some sense of normalcy?
School vouchers may make sense to rescue a poor child from a failing public school. But private schools that accept vouchers should be just as accountable for the quality of the education they’re providing with taxpayer dollars — your dollars — as public schools. Whether religious or secular…
It’s that lovely time of year when everything is green. Gardens are producing nourishing, delicious vegetables. And politicians are blaring at us if we dare turn on broadcast, cable or satellite television.
Why it matters: As the economy limps along during the pandemic, feeding more and more hungry families needs to be a primary focus.
The coronavirus epidemic is much like wartime: Resources must be used effectively. That may not always have been the case.
Despite assurances that all is well, overconfidence isn’t helpful as the pandemic rages on.
We can’t tell you for certain whose interests are served by President Donald Trump’s latest executive order on immigration, which took effect June 24 and suspends many new work visas through the end of the year. But we can easily tell you whose aren’t — those of American businesses and indus…
And just like that, brutal officers in South Florida are being fired and charged with crimes for mistreating the public. Imagine that.
At a time when coronavirus cases are again surging, wearing a face mask should be no more controversial than wearing a shirt or shoes into a business.
The Fourth of July is going to be a blast — literally. Permanent and temporary pyrotechnic dealers will do a booming business this week. With the Independence Day holiday falling on a Saturday, we expect the celebrations to start early and continue through the weekend.
Americans could get dealt another uncertainty if ACA is ended
No statue matters as much as a human life. No symbol matters as much as the ideals it represents.
AMC Entertainment, the movie theater chain, flip-flopped on the pandemic recently, first saying its customers wouldn’t be required to wear masks, then saying they would. It’s hard to blame the company given the Trump administration’s, and the president’s own, scattered, inconsistent and flat…
If you want to quit smoking or abusing drugs, the current COVID-19 pandemic is an added incentive. The director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora D. Volkow, has outlined the unique challenges coronavirus poses to people who smoke, vape, have substance use disorder or who are …
From the pandemic to the pocketbook, policy-makers and regular people need to make important decisions right now based on flawed and incomplete data. That’s just the way it is. But they can’t use the excuse of uncertainty to cherry-pick the numbers to draw the conclusions they want — and the…
One of the things I’ve missed during the pandemic is eating out.
In our schools, our children practice walking to their “safe place” and they train on what to do if a situation occurs at their school.
There may be a time in the near future when a vaccine for COVID-19 is discovered. It will be a joyous day, perhaps one of the best medical advances of all time. Hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to end the DACA program, which provides legal protections for 650,000 young immigrants.
From civic life to attention spans, social media has had a toxic effect on many facets of our society. But Twitter, one of the chief offenders, is experimenting with a new tool that could restore some thoughtfulness to digital debate and conversation.
American taxpayers should not be handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to businesses without having at least some idea of where our money is going.
On the same day that Florida originally posted the largest number ever of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in a single day, Gov. DeSantis stood firm declaring, “We’re not rolling back.” Meaning that, instead of letting the full picture of the spread of the virus in the state be his guide —…
In the South they are almost everywhere, from cemeteries to roadsides to town squares. They pop up in surprising places elsewhere, too — as far west as California and as far north (until recently) as Washington State.
Mother’s Day entices all of the warm, fuzzy feelings we have for the mother in our life — whether it is a birth mother, an adopted mother, a step-mother, a grandmother or the mother of a friend who treats you like one of your own.
We all have a bad case of quarantine fatigue. We are tired of living in what feels like lockdown limbo. The weather is warmer, summer is officially here as of today. It’s time to take that family vacation and hit the water to unwind.
For the first time in 21 years, Highlands County will not have a Juneteenth celebration for any other reason than COVID-19. While several states and many cities and counties — including some in Florida — are celebrating Juneteenth today, local organizers announced earlier this year that the …
On campuses across the country, “back to school” this fall promises to be as fraught as it ever has been, and with good reason.
Why it matters: Home quarantines brought stresses and challenges, but they also created a closer relationship between dads and kids.
How can so many be calling to defund the police? On the face of it, the call seems foolish. We need a force to deal with serious and violent crimes: assaults, robbery, rape and killing. They are our first responders, meant “to protect and serve,” as the motto goes.
As a nation and as a community we have not faced this much uncertainty since immediately after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It can be unsettling to look two, three or four months into the future and not have a clear idea of where the country will be by then.
The past three months have brought radical changes to everyday life.
Imagine the possible outcome if a video recording had not captured Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck.
If you’ve been thinking that 2020 is a year unlike any other, here’s some evidence that you are correct.
Criminal robocall scams have proliferated during the COVID-19 crisis.
Summer is the best time to read for fun, and the annual summer reading program provides even more incentives to read with awesome prizes for achieving reading goals and a wide array of programs planned to encourage learning, growth and discovery throughout the summer months.
A nationwide movement to defund police departments, or dismantle them completely as the Minneapolis City Council proposes, is the wrong answer to the right question. It’s obvious that much more work needs to be done to raise policing standards so that the badge is never confused by its weare…
Chaos and disorder are a threat to everyone, including those sowing chaos and disorder.
The sunshine, warm temperatures and blooming scenery look the same. It is that enticing transformation of spring into summer.
With cities on fire from coast to coast and nightly battles raging between police and protesters, it may seem like our country has descended into a dark and dangerous place.
Looking back years from now, what will be the cultural icon that is symbolic of the shared spirit that we rallied around to rebuild America after the global coronavirus devastation?
Let’s be clear: Voter fraud in the United States is rare. No data-supported evidence suggests that it is anything other than extremely unusual.
Blast off! NASA has returned to the rocket-launching business, and with a welcome twist.
Professional sports are stirring out their coronavirus hibernations. They are looking for places to train and play, but they aren’t sure where to do it.
Throughout the pandemic, the DeSantis administration has shown us time and again that it doesn’t trust the public with the facts.
In roughly 90 days, nearly 20 million students will begin classes on college campuses across the nation, including dozens of schools in Kansas and Missouri.
