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Why False Claims About Vaccines and Autism Refuse to Die

February 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

A vial containing 10 doses of the Moderna vaccine. (© FlaglerLive)

The idea that autism is caused by vaccines has recently been revived by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the presumptive nominee for US Secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as by president-elect Donald Trump. There is strong data from different countries showing that these vaccines do not cause autism or underlie the vast increase in autism diagnosis rates. So why do suspicions that vaccines cause autism remain?

Why Those Insufferable English Accents Persist in Hollywood

February 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Hollywood has long resorted to this posh-but-unspecific English accent when telling stories set in European spaces where English isn’t the native language. This imperial accent appears in countless major productions. Where does this false British accent come from?

Demonizing Migrants Can Be Part of a Violent Design

February 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Asylum seekers wait at Catholic Charities in McAllen, Texas, for humanitarian aid on Jan. 18, 2025.

Using hateful, polarizing language to gain a political advantage or make an argument against a group of people, like immigrants, is not unique to the U.S. The use of this language is associated with populist shifts in many parts of the world. In Italy, such language was accompanied by mob violence, mass evictions and demolition of informal camps set up in the streets.

Is Capitalism Falling Out of Favor? Don’t Bet On It.

February 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Since the 1940s, positive sentiment toward capitalism has improved. In the 2020s, the average article with capitalism got a more balanced 37% negative and 34% positive sentiment score. While capitalism clearly isn’t loved in the press, it’s also not disparaged as much as it was just after World War II.

Germany’s Far Right Is Roaring Back

February 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A screen shot from an Alternative for Germany (AfD) rally earlier today, as shown on the party's Facebook page.

A vote in Germany’s national parliament (Bundestag) has led to fears that the firewall supposedly separating mainstream political parties and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been blown apart.

Your Tax Dollars Are About to Fund Religious Schools, Salafist Madrassas and Satanic Temples

February 1, 2025 | Pierre Tristam | 34 Comments

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Let’s examine why Saudi Arabia’s Islamists are so aroused over the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling by June that using public money to fund religious madrassas is perfectly fine. The court took on the case last week from Oklahoma, where an online Catholic school, St. Isidore of Seville, but really more of 7501 NW Expressway in Oklahoma City, across from Home Depot and the Mattress Firm Clearance Center, sued after it was denied a charter and tax dollars. 

Inside the Collapse of Disney’s America, the US History Theme Park

January 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Disney's long-time district in Central Florida would be taken over by the governor's appointees if a proposed bill clears the Legislature. (© FlaglerLive)

In the 1990s Disney began buying land in northern Virginia for a planned theme park called America. It would be centered on American history. It was a colossal failure. Questions over how Disney would tell the complex – often discriminatory – history of the nation spurred a group of historians, led by David McCullough, to lodge their concerns: How would Disney construct its narrative of the United States? And how would the park affect Manassas, one of the most important Civil War battle sites?

RFK’s Nomination and the New Era of Anti-Intellectualism in US Politics

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr., on Capitol Hill on Jan. 9, 2025.

The many controversial people appointed to the Trump administration, from Elon Musk to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have at least one thing in common: They dislike and distrust experts. While anti-intellectualism and populism are nothing new in American life, there has hardly been an administration as seemingly committed to these worldviews.

Insults and the Power of Taboo Language

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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“Off limits” words – a category ranging from insults and swear words through to racial slurs and hate speech – have extraordinary power. They elicit strong emotional responses, and reveal a massive amount about a society’s values, cultural norms, and psychological processes.

Behind Bishop’s Plea to President to ‘Show Mercy’

January 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Bishop Mariann Budde leads the national prayer service attended by President Donald Trump at the National Cathedral in Washington on Jan. 21, 2025.

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon on Jan. 21, 2025, in which she appealed to President Donald Trump to have mercy toward groups frightened by his position on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people – especially children – drew reactions from both sides of the aisle. In a post on his social networking site, Truth Social, Trump called her comments “nasty in tone” and remarked that she “brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way.” Christian history is full of examples of people who have spoken out, unafraid to risk official censure, or even death.

Remember Scalia’s Ruling: Threatening Local Officials to Cooperate with Immigration Orders Is Illegal

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A fundamental tension exists between state and federal power in the United States that has not been resolved.

In a 1997 opinion, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the Constitution barred the federal government from impressing into its service…the police officers of the 50 States.’

Paris’s Iconic Centre Pompidou, a Cultural Superstar, Faces Telling Challenges

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Centre Pompidou will have to close its doors for renovation work between 2025 and 2030. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

Whether known as the Centre Pompidou or simply Beaubourg, this Parisian landmark is set to close its doors from 2025 to 2030 for extensive renovations. Criticised and even mocked at its opening, the Centre Pompidou has since earned its place as an iconic fixture in the Parisian landscape and a major player on the international museum scene.

Imagine What Will be Left of Florida After Our Leaders Are Done With It

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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This is the country we’re now living in: dictatorial, unrepresentative, and deeply unkind. What will be left of Florida in four years? What will be left of America?

Saltwater Flooding a Serious Threat to Electric Vehicles’ Batteries

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flooded cars in Clearwater, Fla., after the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Particularly when these batteries are soaked in saltwater, they can become “ticking time bombs,” in the words of Florida State Fire Marshall Jimmy Patronis. That’s because the fire doesn’t always occur immediately when the battery is flooded. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 36 EVs flooded by Hurricane Ian in Florida in 2022 caught fire, including several that were being towed after the storm on flatbed trailers.

American Trilogy: OJ Simpson, Louis Farrakhan, Donald Trump

January 25, 2025 | Pierre Tristam | 22 Comments

On Oct. 3, 1995, after a trial that had lasted as long as a presidential election campaign, a jury found O.J. Simpson not guilty of murdering Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Blacks cheered. Whites were horrified and angered that Blacks cheered. Blacks cheered even louder at whites being horrified. All they saw was white derangement syndrome. Sound familiar?

The Good and Bad of Ozempic

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The research shows the health effects of these drugs are significant and wide-ranging.

Today, GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, have become household names and key tools in the fight against obesity. GLP-1 drugs could help treat dozens of other ailments as well. But there are risks. GLP-1 drugs come with significant side effects and increase the risk of 19 health conditions, such as gastrointestinal issues, kidney stones and acute pancreatitis, in which the pancreas becomes inflamed and dysfunctional.

Charlie Hebdo 10 Years On: Conversations About Free Speech Are Still Too Black and White

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A special edition of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo commemorates 10 years since an Islamist attack in 2015.

Communities’ reactions to satire are deeply influenced by factors such as religious marginalization, political exclusion and cultural tensions. The Charlie Hebdo attack was a horrific act of violence that cannot be justified. However, the discussions that followed often overlooked the ways in which the magazine’s caricatures perpetuated racist stereotypes – particularly against Muslims.

Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Children born on U.S. soil automatically have U.S. citizenship, regardless of who their parents are.

One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders relating to immigration and immigrants is a direct attack on the long-standing constitutional principle of birthright citizenship. That’s the declaration in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen, regardless of their parents’ nationalities or immigration status.

Sexual Identity Is More Fluid Than Previously Thought

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

It's not complicated. (© FlaglerLive)

Nearly 16% of people changed their sexual identity over a 12-year period, according to a new study I conducted with my colleagues, involving around 35,000 residents of Stockholm County. This challenges long-held beliefs about sexual identity being largely fixed.

3 Strategies to Bridge the Deepening Partisan Divide

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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A record-high 80% of Americans believe the U.S. is greatly divided on “the most important values”. A similar percentage of Americans said they feared violence and threats to democracy. Almost half the country believes people on the other side of the political divide are “downright evil.” Some say that the vitriolic rhetoric of political leaders and social media influencers is partly to blame for the country’s state of toxic polarization. Others cite social media platforms that amplify misinformation and polarization.

Manifest Perfidy: Trump Is No Seward

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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As the Dear Leader asserted the other day in his completely rational press conference, if the 51st-staters don’t play nice, we’ll bring them to their frostbitten knees with “economic force” and turn their so-called “provinces” into good Christian Florida counties with lousy hospitals and empty libraries.

“We Cannot Walk Alone… We Cannot Turn Back”

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Martin Luther King at the March on Washington, 1963. (National Archives)

A brief history of the origins and battles of the Martin Luther King federal holiday, and of the MLK monument at the Washington Mall, with full text and video of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”

David Lynch Exposed the Rot at the Heart of American Culture

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Lynch, the director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ died in January 2024 at the age of 78.

Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today. American cinema holds up a mirror to society. Lynch was a master at this. His images of corruption, violence and toxic masculinity ring all too familiar in America today.

Trump’s Coming Tax Plan: Shift Handouts from Poor to Rich

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

It was once called the People's House. (White House)

Republicans plan to give the richest Americans a fresh round of individual tax breaks, slash the corporate tax rate yet again, and cut taxes on capital gains and dividends, which would let their Wall Street friends keep even more of their winnings when they sell a stock or are showered with dividends. Then they’ll move to step two: draconian budget cuts for the programs Americans rely on.

RFK’s Vaccine Disinformation is Distorting Science and Threatening Public Health

January 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Caryn Prather, Flagler County Fire Rescue's Community Paramedic and one of the leaders of the county's 10-months-long Covid-testing program, getting her first dose of the Moderna vaccine on Tuesday at the Emergency Operations Center. She was one of about 20 people inoculated. (© FlaglerLive)

Doctors, scientists and public health researchers have expressed concerns that Kennedy would turn his views into policies that could undermine public health. As a case in point, news reports have highlighted how Kennedy’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, has in recent years petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to withdraw or suspend approval of numerous vaccines over alleged safety concerns.

Rule of Law Lost in Hush Money Sentencing of Trump

January 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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Trump won’t be able to buy a gun in some states, travel to 38 countries including Canada and Japan without a waiver, or do jury duty. Yet Trump was sentenced only to an “unconditional discharge”, meaning he will face no further penalties. Nearly half of people convicted of the same crime in the state of New York would go to prison, and Trump could have faced a fine of up to US$170,000.

2024 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Reporters

January 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A still from a Committee to Protect Journalists safety video.

Since 7 October 2023, at least 146 journalists have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, and Lebanon, though the actual numbers are likely much higher, as the CPJ is investigating numerous unconfirmed reports of other journalists being killed, missing or detained. Meanwhile, foreign journalists are denied access to Gaza by Israeli authorities.

Panama to U.S. and China: Buzz Off

January 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Panama is aware of the importance of its key geopolitical asset and keen to balance U.S. and Chinese interests with its own desire to run the canal without undue influence from either Washington or Beijing.

Beware Snowbirds: The Far Right Is Growing in Canada, Too

January 14, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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A book on the far right in Canada, “The Great Right North,” shows that events like the Freedom Convoy are representative of where the far right is going, how it is recruiting, how it is communicating internally and with Canadians at large, and how it is progressing in the national political discourse, with similarities with the United State’s maga movement.

Global Temperatures Passed Critical 1.5°C Milestone for First Time in 2024

January 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Sunlight refracted through empty water gallons. (© FlaglerLive)

2024 was the first year on record with a global average temperature exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. All continents except Australasia and Antarctica experienced their hottest year on record, with 11 months of the year exceeding the 1.5°C level. Global temperatures have been at record levels – and still rising – for several years now. The previous hottest year on record was 2023.

Police More Likely to Make Domestic Violence Arrests When Pets Are Also Abused

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

People abused by intimate partners regularly cite fear for their pet’s safety as a primary reason they do not leave an abusive situation.

Animal cruelty is weaponized when an intimate partner threatens to harm, or actually harms, a pet to control their partner. This tactic is powerful. Victims of intimate partner violence regularly cite fear for the safety of their pet as a primary reason they do not leave an abusive situation.

When Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight

January 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Back when the Washington Post had a sense of humor. Welcome Home From the CRow-Eaters

While Trump openly bellows whatever imperial fever dreams about Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal and the Gulf of Mexico visit him in the dark of night, once proud institutional bulwarks rush to prostrate themselves before him in advance of any demand that they do so. Alas, the mainstream media is not immune to this siren-call of cowardice.

How the U.S. Could Make Canada an American Territory

January 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

An honour guard stands with U.S. and Canadian flags in July 2024 as they wait for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to attend the NATO summit in Washington.

Every Canadian needs to pay attention to American history: In one treaty, the U.S. annexed the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming. It subsequently illegally invaded Indigenous territory in the west. Canada could be next — perhaps not immediately as the 51st state, but quite possibly as a U.S. territory that would deny Canadians any voting rights for Congress or the presidency. The constitutional architecture exists in the U.S. to make it happen.

Trump’s Unconditional Discharge Explained

January 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

Compelling cardboard. (© FlaglerLive)

Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, and will be the first president of the United States with a felony conviction. The sentencing brings this phase of the case to an end. Once the sentence is officially entered in a final judgment, Trump can appeal the case, as he has a legal right to do so. Trump’s attorney, Todd Blanche, made clear during the sentencing that Trump intends to appeal.

How the Santa Ana Winds Fuel California’s Deadly Fires

January 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Over 1,000 structures burned in the span of two days, Jan 7-8, 2025, near Los Angeles.

Thousands of homes and other structures, including several schools, had burned by Jan. 9, and at least five people had died. Officials urged more than 180,000 residents to evacuate at the height of the fires. With the winds so strong, there was little firefighters could do to control the flames. Here’s what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk.

How Jean-Marie Le Pen Mainstreamed Nationalist Bigotry

January 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jean Marie Le Pen.

The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete. Le Pen was, for most of his career, considered the devil in French politics. Yet today, his party, headed by his daughter and now called National Rally (Rassemblement National), is at the gates of power.

Plants that Evolved in Florida Over Millennia Face Extinction and Lack Protection

January 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Scrub mints are critical for pollinators, including the rare blue calamintha bee (Osmia calaminthae). Kristen Grace/Florida Museum, CC BY

The potential extinction of one of Florida’s ancient plant species is more than just the loss of an individual species; it’s the loss of millions of years of evolution. These plants have thrived in Florida’s ecosystems through gradual adaptations over millennia, and their disappearance would leave lasting gaps in the region’s evolutionary history. The collapse of these plant species also threatens the broader ecosystem, including wildlife such as scrub jays and insects such as bee flies that rely on them for food and shelter.

Electrical Vehicle Fires: Should We Be Worried?

January 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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It’s save to own an electric vehicle, or EV, but only if certain safety measures are followed. Systemic measures, like advanced fire suppression systems in public spaces, are critical, but individual EV owners also play a vital role in minimising risks. Owning an EV with a home-charging setup offers great convenience, but it’s essential to address potential hazards.

‘Literally’ Is Here to Stay, and English Will Survive

January 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Did your head literally explode? No, but you can say it did.

Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in, “That movie literally blew my mind.” While it might feel like nails screeching on a blackboard, the use of nonliteral “literally” developed as an organic and dynamic outgrowth of the very human desire to communicate emotion and intensity.

How Cities Are Reinventing the Public-Private Partnership

January 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Ruta N partnership in Medellín, Colombia, generated thousands of jobs.

An emerging trend with local governments engaged in private-sector collaborations – what we have come to describe as “community-centered, public-private partnerships,” or CP3s. Unlike traditional public-private partnerships, CP3s aren’t just about financial investments; they leverage relationships and trust. And they’re about more than just building infrastructure; they’re about building resilient and inclusive communities.

Bringing Gaza Home to Your City

January 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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For any city or county in the U.S., simply find your population and area, then do the math to extrapolate the impacts of the genocide based on Gaza’s population and area.

Men Are Carrying the Brunt of the ‘Loneliness Epidemic’

January 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Emotional pain is linked to serious health issues. But the public’s response to male expressions of emotion and vulnerability is often minimizing, if not dismissive. In May 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released an advisory highlighting what he described as an epidemic of loneliness and isolation in the country. Research confirms this scourge.

Behind the Scenes in the Battle Over “The Satanic Verses”

January 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Hilarious, challenging, difficult to get through, and an intolerable read for some, who'd rather you did not read it, either. (© FlaglerLive)

In March 1989, Mahathir wrote a letter to then UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher that was blunt even by his standards. Unlike a lot of his angry letters, this one wasn’t published. Mahathir’s letter was about Salman Rushdie’s controversial book, “The Satanic Verses.” The letter has now been declassified and reveals uncomfortable words.

Election Reform Lost in the Last Election

January 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Voters turned down a variety of reforms to how they cast ballots. (© FlaglerLive)

In the 2024 election, voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with, as almost all of the reforms failed. Voters become familiar with the electoral system they live under and can be slow to embrace changes to that system. It can take several election cycles before they fully adapt to these changes.

As Trump Boasts of Immigrant Roundups, Militias Are Standing By

December 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Civilian paramilitaries, like these pictured in 2016, patrol areas of the U.S.-Mexico border searching for immigrants and drug smugglers.

President-elect Donald Trump has reaffirmed that once he takes office he plans to declare a national emergency and use the military on American streets to accomplish his promises to round up and deport millions of undocumented migrants. Some militia units may see it as their duty to assist with such efforts. In fact, local police may even deputize certain militias to help them deport immigrants.

Remembrance of Reads Past: Flagler County Leaders and Thinkers’ Favorite Books of 2024

December 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

J. Seward Johnson's "Out to Lunch" sculpture in the Country Club Plaza district of Kansas City. (© FlaglerLive)

What started last year as FlaglerLive’s end-of-year gift to our readers is back this year with 18 community leaders and thinkers sharing with us their favorite book of the year. Each was a surprise, a discovery, a challenge in the most rewarding sense. Your to-read pile is sure to grow. Happy New Reads in what we hope will be a page-turning 2025.

Ethel Rosenberg Was Innocent. It’s Time to Exonerate Her.

December 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg during their 1951 trial on charges of conspiracy to commit espionage.

Ethel Rosenberg and her husband, Julius, were executed on June 19, 1953, for conspiracy to commit espionage. They were accused of giving “the secret” of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, meaning they supposedly passed vital technological information to help the Soviets develop their own bomb. The author of a book on the Rosenberg case found no “secret,” and that while Julius was a spy, Ethel was not.

Israel’s Increasingly Violent and Racist Settlers

December 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jewish settlers pray in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in July 2024.

In the past decade, a militant stream gained increasing popularity within the Israeli settlers movement. Its leaders have embraced the followers of Kahanism, a racist ideology promoted by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the 1970s and ‘80s. Kahane proposed extreme policies to promote Jewish supremacy in Israel and the West Bank, such as calls to expel all Arabs from the country or prohibit marriage between Jews and Muslims. Kahane’s followers also justified violence against Palestinians.

Jimmy Carter’s One Hundred Years of Solitude

December 29, 2024 | Pierre Tristam | 30 Comments

President Jimmy Carter. (Library of Congress)

Contrary to his undeserved and simplistic reputation, Jimmy Carter was one of the better presidents of the 20th century. But Americans like their country to be run as a theme park. Annoyances like reality, responsibility and malaise have no place. Neither did Carter. The fantasists have been taking their revenge on him ever since, even as Carter’s legend grew in the 43 years since his presidency. He became the busiest ex-president in history, if still the least celebrated and the most shunned.

As Florida Celebrates Ignorance, SAT Scores and College Rankings Drop, Teachers Flee

December 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The Lynx Bookstore in Gainesville was established to fight book-burners. (© FlaglerLive)

A recent column in the Independent Florida Alligator laments how college professors and other educators who teach disfavored subjects or use certain words are beginning to self-censor. The headline reads, “Think While It’s Still Legal.” Gov. Ron DeSantis and his angry regime aren’t big fans of thinking. Or learning. They hate and fear knowledge.

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