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Column | Behind the scorn and cynicism about the stuffed shirts who run this place is a deep affinity for a city and state I consider home and a hope — dimmed, often wavering of late, but still enduring — that it can be better.
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A Jacksonville columnist says goodbye, but he's not going far | Opinion
This is, in a way, a farewell — but not entirely. Nate Monroe is leaving the Times-Union, but not Jacksonville or journalism.
www.jacksonville.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Column | Behind the scorn and cynicism about the stuffed shirts who run this place is a deep affinity for a city and state I consider home and a hope — dimmed, often wavering of late, but still enduring — that it can be better.
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This is a good piece on qualified hope, eyes-wide-open hope, realistic hope.
January 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is a good piece on qualified hope, eyes-wide-open hope, realistic hope.
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January 22, 2025
January 22, 2025
Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...
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January 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
January 22, 2025
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I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/democ...
Democrats are Surrounded by Low Hanging Fruit: Get To It
Yesterday my colleague Kate Riga noted a trap Senate Democrats keep falling...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I wish every Dem office would read this and internalize it. "The only sensible and dignified course of action is to accept that Republicans are in charge and to focus in on making their unpopular actions as painful as possible...The job of the opposition is quite literally to oppose. Get to it."
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Column | No COVID crimes: Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles.
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles: grand jury finds no COVID-19 crimes | Opinion
The anticlimactic grand jury report managed to uncannily parrot the DeSantis administration's sometimes tortured views about the pandemic
www.jacksonville.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Column | No COVID crimes: Another DeSantis gimmick fizzles.
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
Without splashy criminal charges to throw around, one can feel the grand jury report's authors stretching for something - anything - meaningful to impart over the course of 140-plus pages.
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
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Column | Former lobbyist to help oversee Florida utility watchdog
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Former lobbyist to help oversee Florida utility watchdog | Opinion
A committee that can hire and fire a consumer advocate who often serves as a critical check against utilities has a new and controversial member
www.jacksonville.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Column | Former lobbyist to help oversee Florida utility watchdog
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My kitchen drone
December 29, 2024 at 1:01 PM
My kitchen drone
Children deserve protection after birth, too.
'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance | Opinion
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'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance | Opinion
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'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance | Opinion
Florida officials have thumbed their noses at the federal government's efforts to provide health insurance to children of working-class families.
www.jacksonville.com
December 27, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Children deserve protection after birth, too.
'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance | Opinion
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
'Pro-life' Florida isn't so pro-life when it comes to children's health insurance | Opinion
www.jacksonville.com/story/news/c...
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Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
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Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...