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Florida Legislators’ Creepy Uterus Obsession

April 1, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 17 Comments

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Florida lawmakers want to force women seeking an abortion in the second trimester to watch an ultrasound of their fetus first. It’s a back-alley assault on women’s privacy and abortion rights.

FPL, Progress Energy, Florida’s Nuclear Fraud

March 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Florida taxpayers and ratepayers are footing the bill of Florida Power & Light’s and Progress Energy’s risk-free, $40-billion plan to build nuclear reactors, a fraud enabled by the Legislature and Congress.

Pay for Play: How Flagler’s Tourist Council Bribes Journalists, Who Happily Hack Along

March 23, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 12 Comments

Where illusions end and marketing begins, with apologies to Magritte's 'Fair Captive' ('La Belle Captive,' 1931)

Beginning today, Flagler’s tourist council will host four “journalists” for four days, touring the county’s attractions and restaurants, all expenses paid, with $3,500 in public money, in exchange for presumably “positive” press.

Bipolar Obamocracy:
Bombing Libya While Invading Bahrain

March 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Barack Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel peace prize a few months into his first term. He deserves it less now. But Obama and Clinton certainly deserve the Nobel prize in physics for reinventing the rules of double-standards.

Palm Coast Voter to City Council: “Reducing Voting Locations Is Insane”

March 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

In a letter to the Palm Coast City Council, Steven Jones, a Palm Coast resident and voter since 1984, opposes reducing polling locations from 21 to six, and offshoring early voting to Bunnell.

Sunshine Sunday: Beyond Transparency, Government Records Must Be Accessible

March 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Government transparency and access to government records are not the same, says First Amendment Foundation President Barbara Peterson, though access to any record not exempt by law is every citizen’s right.

Peter King’s Muslim McCarthyism

March 11, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 23 Comments

U.S. Rep. Peter King’s homeland security hearings about Muslims and “radicalization” recall, beyond McCarthyism, a long American tradition of xenophobia and prejudice on the lunatic fringe. It’s not more broadly representative.

Enough Nickel and Diming: How to Cut $1.5 Trillion From the Budget Without Really Trying

March 6, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 16 Comments

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Voodoo economics is back, this time with Obama sprinkling the wrong salts. His plan to reduce the deficit is irresponsible. Here’s one way to do it now, with everyone contributing. The alternative is French status in 10 years.

Un-American Activities: US Rep. Peter King’s Coming Demonization of American Muslims

February 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Islamic Center of Jacksonville has had its share of detractors--and was itself firebombed by an unknown attacker.

Ina column, Michael Keegan warns against U.S. Rep. Peter King’s misusing congressional hearings on preventing domestic terrorism to stoke fears about the alleged radicalization of U.S. Muslims.

Why To Kill a Mockingbird Is a Triumph for Flagler, And Especially for FPC’s Drama Club

February 26, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 12 Comments

They endured, they persevered, and now they’re finally in their element, on stage. You won;t be disappointed by the FPC student production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the Flagler Auditorium.

Defense of Marriage Act: A Crack in the Crock

February 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 71 Comments

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The Obama administration came to its senses and called the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. The homophobic law passed in 1996. We’re still a long way from equal rights for gays and lesbians. Pierre’s radio commentary.

Meeker on Economic Development: Mountains Of Questions Before the Next Summit

February 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Frank Meeker, the Palm Coast city councilman, frames the next countywide economic development summit in a set of questions–and a few answers of his own.

My Favorite Republican: A Look Back at Eisenhower’s Otherworldly Farewell Address

February 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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On the 50th anniversary of Eisenhower’s farewell address, what’s striking about the speech today, Donald Kaul argues, is its tone of balance and moderation. It sounds like a speech not merely from another era but from another planet.

N-Word Reckonings: Wrestling With An Incendiary Word In and Out of Context

February 19, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 4 Comments

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This essay on the history of the n-word as weapon is a postscript to the Mockingbird controversy and an introduction to next weekend’s performances. It is presented in the spirit of education, discussion—and, hopefully, debate.

A Nation of Bullies: Our Children Are Watching. And Waiting.

February 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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From Columbine to Tucson, Americans have been watching and waiting for the nation to take bullying seriously. Heather Beaven argues that as victims keep falling, the nation is still waiting.

Reality Check: Rick Scott vs. Florida

February 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

It’s become one of Governor Rick Scott’s favorite clichés: “Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what is previously taken from us.” He’s in the wrong country.

Behind the Story: Jigme Norbu’s Death–and Flagler’s Responsibility to His Last Steps

February 15, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 15 Comments

Flagler County is a small world, often too impressed by its own smallness. It would be compounding loss upon loss if Jigme Norbu’s death had a greater effect elsewhere than in what will always be the grounds of his very last steps.

Memories of River City: “The Music Man” Then and Now

February 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Music Man and Con man Harold Hill and Librarian Marian Paroo: 'till there was them.

Caren Umbarger, artistic director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra, grew up in Mason City, the real setting for “The Music Man”‘s River City, and both her grandfather knew Meredith Willson, the musical’s author, personally. She recalls her youth–and previews the show.

Two Down. Twenty To Go.

February 11, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 22 Comments

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It’s a great day for Egypt, a great day for the Middle East. It’s only a beginning. American-backed dictatorships are still the rule in the region. It’s time for a wholesale reckoning.

FPC’s Delegates Win 2nd Place and Score Hat Trick at Tallahassee Model UN

February 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

FPC’s Model United Nations team took on the world and brought home a batch of awards at a conference hosted at the State Capitol Feb. 11. Kyle Russell live-blogged the entire day.

Who’s Afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood?

February 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The biggest bogeyman in Egypt is the Muslim Brotherhood, whose influence extends across the Arab and Islamic world, and whose name sheds fear and misconception in the United States. Analyst Mohammed Khan dispels myths.

My Journey Out Of Egypt: An FPC Graduate and Cairo Transplant Describes Her Exit

February 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Catherine M., who asked that her last name not be used for security reasons, is the daughter of two prominent Flagler residents–a former sheriff and a commercial real estate broker. She wrote from Dubai.

Reality Check: Censoring Al-Jazeera

February 4, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 9 Comments

It’s no surprise when the thuggish Hosni Mubarak censors al-Jazeera. But American satellite and cable providers have been censoring al-Jazeera English since it went live in 2006, to the detriment of broader perspectives.

Detox for Tax Fact Cheats

February 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

It’s a resilient urban legend: the top 5 percent of earners pay over 50 percent of taxes, and over half our citizens pay no taxes. It’s also false. Time to set the record straight.

The Rise of Egyptian Aspirations, The Fall of the American Brand

January 30, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 6 Comments

It’s been exhilarating to watch Egyptians demand an end to the dictatorial regimes controlling their lives for decades. But it’s exhilaration mixed with dread, doubt, disappointment and embarrassment, particularly over American postures and prejudices.

Carla Traister: Myths and Realities of Bunnell’s Cold-Weather Shelter, and Flagler’s Homeless

January 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Carla Traister, director of Flagler County’s cold-weather shelter in Bunnell, dispels misconceptions and stereotypes that have cropped up about the shelter, located in Bunnell behind the Bank of America.

Incentive This: Corporate Tax-Breaking Our Way to Job Creation

January 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Barack Obama’s second State of the Union Address fell flat, argues St. Augustine novelist Jack Cowardin, who makes an original proposal for job creation and a break in the corporate tax rate.

Against Civility

January 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

More handshakes, fewer guns and Fox news sounding more like NPR won’t make us a better country. Fewer assassinations of reason, of facts, of character, and of course of people might.

Reality Check: The GOP’s Straw-Stuffing Health Care Repeal

January 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

If repealing health care without presenting an alternative is the best thing the new GOP majority can do in an economic crisis, pack up your worries about 2012 right now and congratulate Obama for his second term.

A Night at the Homeless Shelter: From the Eyes of a Volunteer

January 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Charlie Ericksen Jr., a volunteer at Flagler County’s homeless shelter–The Sheltering Tree–describes the refuge on a recent cold night.

My 10 Predictions for 2011

January 9, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 18 Comments

A recap of how I did last year and a look ahead: Obama creeps up, Jon Netts loses, the Supremes overturn health care reform, the fake recovery goes on, Arabs and Israelis go at it again, David Grossman wins big, and a few more.

Prediction Rollovers, I: How 2011 Looked to Henry Ford and Other Psychics in 1931

January 2, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 2 Comments

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The New York Times in 1931 asked several luminaries of the period to predict what life would be like in 2011. The results were predictably dismal, but not for obvious reasons. A look back at how little things change.

Happy 2011! A Year-End Report from FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam

January 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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A summary of FlaglerLive’s first seven months: some explanation about how we grew to 3,200 visits a day and some speculation as to why, and a look back at the site’s highlights, accomplishments and limitations.

How Sheriff Fleming and FDLE Are Manipulating Press and Public Over Pill Mills

December 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Sheriff Don Fleming on Tuesday led one of of three simultaneous news conferences on prescription-drug related arrests in 10 northeast Florida counties. It was more hype than news, much of it recycled.

Julian Assange’s Greatest Leak: Americans Prefer Their Government Mostly Masked

December 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The case against Julian Assange and Wikileaks is nonexistent, Darrell Smith argues in a column. What case has been built against him unravels the false claim that Americans prefer their government to be transparent.

A Confederacy of Bipartisan Dunces

December 12, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 2 Comments

Obama’s deal with a minority of Republicans over extending tax cuts and adding $900 billion to the national debt is the latest in three decades of bipartisan collusion between Washington and the myth of American power.

Why Fish & Wildlife Commission Is Keeping Strict Limits on Snook Fishing in Florida

December 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Snook fishing was allowed this fall, Fish and Wildlife Chairman Rodney Barreto writes, but all harvesting of the fish in Florida waters will end from Dec. 15 until at least next September to better protect stock and spawning.

In Praise of Wikileaks: Undressing The Scams and Shams of Government Secrecy

November 28, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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With rare exceptions, it’s never been true that secrecy protects national security or interests. Rather, secrecy damages both, often with costly, lethal consequences. That’s why Wikileaks is an indispensable service to democracy.

Eleanor Roosevelt: If I Were a Republican Today

November 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

In a 1950 piece for Cosmopolitan that could have been written today, Eleanor Roosevelt sees through the vacuous sloganeering of the Republican opposition, though she’s not much kinder to Democrats.

The Anti-Black Friday: In Flagler Beach, Small Business Saturday Rings Up Authenticity

November 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Carol Fisher isn’t interested in the madness of Black Friday. In a column, she invites you to experience the more authentically American tradition of small, heartbeat businesses that are the life transfusions of local economies.

Why I Left The Flagler County Art League: It’s like IBM vs. Apple

November 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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“Staunch conservative Businessmen vs. Creative Young Men working out of their garage” is how Weldon Ryan, the art league’s ex-president, describes the tension that led to his resignation.

Is Anybody Normal?

November 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Sanity is not the natural condition of the human mind, Bertrand Russell argued in this 1934 column, but a product of social life. It is a form of politeness, generated by the pressure of other personalities, which makes us know that we are not omnipotent.

Delbrugge’s Letter to Flagler, Part II: How Egypt Compares And What Matters Most

November 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The former school superintendent reflects on life in Egypt by deflating myths about the difference between private and public schools, comparing his in Egypt with Flagler’s school district, and speaking about what matters most in life.

Bill Delbrugge’s Letter to Flagler, Part I: America’s Place In the World–And Yours

November 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

In the first of two parts, Delbrugge recaps life in Egypt, America’s image abroad, and all the things Americans take for granted–but shouldn’t, including the importance of local government and civic engagement.

Kent Sharples on Firing Line, Texting Rubio Hype, and 80s Madness: The Live Wire, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010

November 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

More hype on texting and cyberbullying, Rubio’s roll-out, Ted Koppel on Olbermann and O’Reilly, Malcolm Gladwell’s Tax Bliss, and more 1980s.

In Her Own Words, Please: A Friend of
Harper Lee’s Pleads the Case Against Censors

November 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Jack Cowardin, the St. Augustine novelist, has been corresponding with Harper Lee for years. His take on the controversy over the staging of the play by FPC’s Drama Club: Let it go on unmolested by political correctness.

Starry Saturday: Theater, Art, Grit and Glitz from Bunnell to Palm Coast

November 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Staring with FPC’s courageous thespians, the visual and performing arts had a fabulous Saturday in Flagler, with two gallery openings and two local theater productions. That’s what the county’s unbound cultural scene should be about.

Offshoring War: How Obama—and Those Moments of Silence—Insult Military Sacrifice

November 13, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 13 Comments

When a president sends soldiers to die in a war that long ago ceased having a claim to being just or to being won, those Americans are no longer being sacrificed by their nation. They’re being murdered. The complicity is national.

Shapiro: In the End, It’s the Profanity of Censorship Against the Sacredness of Learning

November 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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In a column on the Mockingbird controversy at FPC, Rabbi Merill Shapiro argues that whatever the merits of administrative issues, “the profanity of censorship,” in the end, “has no place in our community.”

Tommy Tant Legacies: 3 Decades of Surfing Flagler Beach’s Sands, Surf and Streets

November 7, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Ben Lacy, who grew up surfing with Tommy Tant in Flagler Beach, recalls three decades of the town town’s surfing culture and how it has managed to maintain its charms through the changes, even on the waves.

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