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Chain Restaurants Hurt the Economy, Pollute, And Pay Poverty Wages. Eat Local Instead.

July 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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It’s time for big chains to strengthen local economies by keeping food purchases local and ending worker exploitation. But they don’t. Meanwhile, writes Anna Meyer, look for locally owned restaurants that source local and support raising the minimum wage for all workers.

The Stupidity of Race:
What My DNA Test Reveals

July 3, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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Arab AND Jew? Greek? Italian? A DNA test unravels the ethnic origins of FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam–and underscores the absurdity of making assumptions about anyone’s race, color or so-called origins.

From DCF to Pam Bondi, Nothing But Contempt for Florida’s Sunshine Law

June 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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It’s been decades since Florida had an elected statewide official who paid much more than lip service to open government, and state and local agencies are taking advantage, showing more contempt than respect for the law, argues Florence Snyder.

A Transgender Latina Teen Speaks: They’re Killing Us. Help Us Stop Them.

June 20, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Many Republicans invoked fears of international terrorism, but most said nothing about the members of our LGBTQ communities, who were the very targets and victims, writes Grace Dolan-Sandrino.

As Exceptionally American As It Gets

June 17, 2016 | Pierre Tristam | 31 Comments

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Our mass shootings have developed their own set rituals and denials, none so lethal as the complicity with murder that blames the wrong targets while excusing guns.

For LGBT, Always That Target on Their Backs

June 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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It turns out shooter Omar Marteen may have been motivated by both homophobia and Islamic radicalism. That should not come as a surprise, writes Nancy Smith.

Donald Trump’s Fascism and His Appeasers

June 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

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Trump will fade. Trumpism may not. And the longer the Republican establishment is willing to appease him as a better alternative to Clinton, the more it legitimizes his racism as an acceptable American value.

Obama in Hiroshima:
The Shallowness of American Atonement

May 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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Paul Tibbets, who captained the Enola Gay to its mission over Hiroshima, proudly sold WMD memorabilia into his old age, and President Obama refused to apologize in what was the first visit by a sitting president to Hiroshima in 71 years.

Transgender Indecency

May 24, 2016 | Pierre Tristam | 33 Comments

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There were pragmatic ways to ensure access to bathrooms for transgender people until lawmakers hijacked the process with predatory bans that dehumanize people and make a mockery of decency.

When Bernie Sanders Mirrors Donald Trump

May 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The same Democratic candidate who decried Donald Trump for condoning violence in North Carolina in March turned right around and did the same thing in Nevada when his rally devolved into chaos. He condoned it.

My Food Is My Business

May 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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I don’t feel comfortable walking into friends’ or families’ homes and berating them for their unhealthy, albeit traditional and quite common, lifestyle choices. Why then do friends and family members feel comfortable walking into my home and berating me for my healthy lifestyle choices, sometimes primarily because they aren’t the norm?

A Right To Die, Even For 20-Somethings

May 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The revelation that a 20-something woman chose to die from PTSD related so 10 years of sexual abuse tests the boundaries of assisted suicide, but not if context and compassion replace armchair judgments.

The Republican Responsibility to Reject Trump

May 8, 2016 | Pierre Tristam | 81 Comments

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Derision, racism, default and brutality are strange ways to go about making America great again. Let’s hope for the GOP’s sake and everyone else’s that Republicans have the clarity not to fall for Trump’s latest reality show.

Trump’s Dangerous America First Campaign

April 30, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

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Trump holds his own supporters in the greatest contempt as he stokes and manipulates their rage, rooted in frustration with stagnant wages and fear of the unknown. Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric has helped to take fears to the next level.

No, Pat Mooney, Immigrants Aren’t Cattle

April 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Republican candidate Pat Mooney, running for the congressional seat that includes Flagler, managed to compare all Syrians to terrorists, all tourists and immigrants to cattle, and called for foreigners to be “chipped” and tracked the moment they enter the country.

Lawmakers Are Reducing Florida’s Public Schools To Factories of Failure and Inequity

April 28, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Time to take a good look at whether the changes we’ve endured — mass privatization, real-dollar funding decreases, high-stakes testing, and loss of local school board authority — gets us closer to carrying out our constitutional duty to our children.

Homeschooling: Not So Eccentric Anymore

April 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The number of American K–12 children educated at home increased from 1.09 million in 2003 to 1.77 million in 2012. That means they make up 3.4 percent of the nation’s school population.

Does Arabic Offend You?

April 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

When a traveler’s stupidity and racism lead to a fellow-traveler being searched, interrogated and kicked off a plane for speaking Arabic, not only do we all have a problem. We are the problem.

Poll-Tax Redux: Millions Free From Jail Are Barred From Voting By Criminal Debt

April 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Debt from fines starts at sentencing and can grow at interest rates of 12 percent or more while inmates serve their sentences. It continues to grow after they’re released and face the numerous barriers to finding work and housing.

Give Tax and Spend a Chance

April 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The astonishing momentum of Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy reveals that millions of taxpayers are willing to entertain the idea that some of us aren’t taxed enough, and that it’s hurting the rest of us, argues Isaiah J. Poole.

Islam’s Contempt for Self-Criticism: From Salman Rushdie to Kamel Daoud

April 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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When the Algerian journalist Kamel Daoud linked rapes in Germany on New Year’s Eve to Muslims’ extreme sexual deprivation and “unhealthy relationship with women, their body, and desire,” he was vilified, and silenced.

What Cara Jennings and Black Lives Matter Protesters Don’t Get

April 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Progressive ideals and values are strong, they don’t need to be shouted or paired with epitaphs to pack a punch. Our jobs are already challenging, and you are making them worse, argues Catherine Durkin Robinson.

Rick Scott’s Shout Show

April 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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To trade public punches with another politician or a media critic is an accepted part of the game. To defame a private citizen — one who wasn’t even responsible for publicizing the original incident — is out of bounds.

Benghazi Syndrome: Obama Learns the Wrong Lesson

April 9, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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There was clear support from Security Council members for the initial military action, which unquestionably spared thousands of innocent lives in Benghazi, argues Gareth Evans.

Gateway Drug Bunk: No, Smoking Pot Doesn’t Lead to Harder Drugs

April 8, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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Smoke pot and be merry. Cops’ and politicians’ claims that pot is a gateway drug is baseless fear-mongering intended to stop the legalization of marijuana. But it’s time to dispense with the lie once and for all.

Flagler County Royalty:
The Trouble With Uncontested Elections

March 31, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Property Appraiser Jay Gardner and Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston have no competition, Tom Bexley for clerk of court barely does: Good as they are at their jobs, it’s not good for Flagler or for the offices they represent.

Behind Florida’s Deceptively Low Unemployment Rate

March 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The labor force participation rate should always be taken into account when determining the overall state of the job market and the economy, and that rate has fallen significantly since the Great Recession, argues Dominic Calabro.

America on Xanax: The Disunited State of the Union

March 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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An election season defined by popular fury aimed at Wall Street, Muslims, trade deals, Washington, police shootings, President Barack Obama, Republicans, immigrants, and other targets.

Garlanded: Smart Republicans Need To Find Their Inner Brain

March 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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The Republican Senate’s submission to Mitch McConnell and the right-wing lobbies over the blocked Garland nomination is reason enough for voters to elect a Democratic majority, argues Martin Dyckman.

Obama in Cuba:
The Limits of “Engagement”

March 21, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Indeed, if engagement is supposed to result in political change, US engagement with Cuba is most likely doomed to fail, writes Jorge G. Castañeda. After all, trade and investment have done nothing to bring about a democratic opening in Vietnam over the last 20 years.

Flagler Reads Together:
In Search of Wilderness
Along the Appalachian Trail

March 19, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Appalachian Trail reveals the limits and deceptions, but also the joys, of wilderness in urban America: An essay to accompany Flagler Reads Together’s focus on “Grandma Gatewood’s Walk.”

The Closing of the Academic Mind

March 16, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Any denial of academic freedom is a blow struck against the meaning of a university. The irony today is that some of the most worrying attacks on academic freedom have been coming from inside university.

How the Florida Legislature Turned Police Radios Into $7 Million in Rotten Sausages

March 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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In a case with echoes in Flagler, experience pokes a hole in the Florida House speaker’s argument that first responders on the state system “need” radios, even though they didn’t ask for them.

I’m For Bernie

March 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Flawed as she is, Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination and crush any Republican opponent. That doesn’t make her the best candidate. The more reason for Bernie Sanders’s candidacy, regardless of outcome.

Worse Than Trump: Gov. Scott Refuses to Disavow Claim that “Islam Hates Us”

March 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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In an appearance on Joe Scarborough’s MSNBC show Thursday, Gov. Rick Scott refused to denounce Donald Trump’s claim the day before that “Islam hates us.” The smear on Florida is the latest of many lows in a lurid election season.

Donald Trump’s Pledge of Allegiance to 1933 Germany

March 8, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Asking supporters to raise their right arms and pledge allegiance to himself embodies Trump’s megalomania perfectly, argues Chris Goodfellow, but time may run out before voters realize their mistake.

Republicans On Crack

March 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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The crack-up is upon us. The locks have popped. The insane asylums have emptied. The loons are casting ballots. And Mitt Romney’s string quartet is arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

“Spotlight,” the Oscars’ Best-Picture Upset Winner, Gets Investigative Journalism Right

February 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Unlike many films about reporters, “Spotlight,” about the Catholic Church’s cover-up of sex abuse by priests, accurately depicts the frustrations and joys of breaking a big story, from the drudgery of spreadsheets to the electric thrill of revelatory interviews.

Flagler’s Aveo Pandering: The Artful Way To Do a Groundbreaking, and the Bogus Way

February 26, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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It was rank manipulation when Aveo Engineering, county government and Rick Scott pretended to break ground on a factory at the Flagler County airport three years ago. It was never built.

Too Many Questions Beg The Answer: End the Death Penalty in Florida

February 24, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Rick Scott shouldn’t plan on signing any more death warrants soon, if ever, argues Martin Dyckman, even as the Florida House “cured” what the U.S. Supreme Court specifically found wrong with Florida’s death penalty.

The Agony of Hillary Clinton

February 23, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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This impressive, remarkably intelligent woman just doesn’t have the feel for politics that is demanded at the highest levels. For one thing, she’s simply not a very good politician.

Why Is International Law Failing to Protect Sharks?

February 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A key meeting this month on migratory sharks represent an important opportunity for advancing regulations to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of endangered shark species.

Yes, We Still Need Black History Month

February 13, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Black history is American history, and we shouldn’t relegate its teaching to one month a year. But that isn’t the point of Black History Month, argues Marc Morial.

Hillary Clinton’s $675,000 Paean to Marie Antoinette, and Goldman Sachs

February 11, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Hillary Clinton’s instinct for secrecy keeps getting her in trouble, while the sense of entitlement that she projects through her tone-deaf explanations betrays a lack of connection with the very people she claims to represent most.

Legislature Tells Florida’s Horse Farmers to Find a New Business

February 10, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida horsemen are screwed, argues Nancy Smith: Only a miracle can save the $1.2 billion Florida horse racing industry they represent. Their bane: the Florida Legislature.  

E Pluribus Un-American:
The Judeo-Christian Smear of Islam

February 5, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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President Obama’s trip to a mosque to reassure American Muslims of their importance should have been unnecessary. It reveals how deep-seated prejudice remains, especially that of conservative Christians who claim to preach acceptance.

Terrorism Isn’t the Biggest Threat Facing America. It’s Barely a Threat at All.

February 4, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Ignorance, misplaced fear, irresponsible media and blustering presidential candidates have made more of terrorism than it deserves while sidelining the one weapon at America’s disposal in the fight: smarts.

Low Gas Prices Are Great For You and Me. For World Security? Not So Much.

February 3, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Banditry, corruption and tyranny from Saudi Arabia to Iraq to Russia depends on high oil prices. As prices fall, the bandits in charge will quarrel more among themselves – and with their neighbors.

My Sobering, Rewarding Job at an Abortion Clinic

February 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Catherine Durkin Robinson’s duties involved helping patients through their abortion procedures. They’d already met with the doctor and nurse. Her job was to assist them emotionally.

The Future Is Here: Florida Wants Welfare For the Rich While Punishing the Poor

January 29, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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Four years ago Chris Timmons, now a columnist and fellow at a Florida think tank, lost his job and needed food stamps. “It did not make me feel like a moocher,” he writes. Yet Florida makes welfare recipients feel just that.

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