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What Does a Black Father Say to His Son?

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

In the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin, everyone has been talking about mothers having the talk with their sons. But I haven’t heard enough about us — fathers, black men — having that conversation with our sons, writes Andrew Skerritt.

From the Archives: Palm Coast’s Masonic Cemetery, Where a Cherished Glen Harbors Family Albums

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Masonic cemetery is Palm Coast’s oldest human landmark and the most noble monument to the region’s ancestry, forgotten relics of Indian haunts aside. But it’s been at the margins of care.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Loses as U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Take Appeals of Florida Cases

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was forced to pay tens of millions of dollars to the families of dead smokers, part of a flood of tobacco litigation moving through Florida’s courts, and the first of their kind to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trayvon Martin Ripples: Attorneys Take On Profiling As NRA Defends Stand Your Ground

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

A group of Tallahassee criminal defense lawyers called Roundtable for Justice is moving to shed more light on racial profiling in Florida while the NRA’s lead lobbyist on Florida’s Stand Your Ground law defends the measure.

Obamacare’s Days In Court: A Primer

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

It’s the Super Bowl of Supreme Court cases with consequences for all: the three days of arguments over the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform begin today. Here’s a clear-eyed explanation of what it’s about and likely outcomes. It’s the Super Bowl of Supreme Court cases: the three days of arguments over the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform begin today. Here’s a clear-eyed explanation of what it’s about and likely outcomes.

Another Catholic Ban for “The Laramie Project”

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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A Catholic school in New Jersey is banning a student production of “The Laramie Project,” the play about a town’s psychology following the murder of a gay student in Wyoming in 1998.

Stonehenge Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Stuffy Ban on TV Cameras and Live Audio

March 25, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on television cameras or live audio feed for its arguments, including this week’s on the health law, is absurd. The justices opposition to cameras rests on shabby reasoning and stuffed up conceits.

Murder as Self-Defense: Florida’s Gun Zealots on a Rampage

March 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law was touted as protection for the innocent. It has instead led to killings during heated arguments and cases of mistaken identity, argues Susan Clary, with George Zimmerman’s shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin the latest example.

Before You Next Feast on Seafood

March 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Does it really matter what fish we eat? Yes, says Frank Gromling, if health and overfishing are concerns. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programs helps consumers and restaurants figure out how to do their part in preserving fishing stocks.

“If I had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon”: Obama Speaks Out, FPC Students Protest

March 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

President Obama called the killing of Trayvon Miller a tragedy and addressed it in personal terms Friday as Gov. Rick Scott appointed an outside prosecutor Thursday night to investigate the shooting.

Amid Fury Over Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Stand Your Ground Law, Police Chief Resigns

March 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford by a crime watch volunteer who hasn’t been charged led to the “temporary” resignation of Sanford police chief Bill Lee Jr. today and calls to Gov. Rick Scott to appoint an independent prosecutor.

No Zebras Here: Florida Audubon Wants Gov. Scott to Veto Exotic Breeding-Ground Bill

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Citing limited land for existing species, Audubon Florida is urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto a measure that would allow zoos and aquariums to lease state land to create breeding and research facilities for exotic birds or hooved animals like zebras, rhinos and giraffes.

Tim Tebow Gives New York Jets a Wobble and a Prayer

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets, dashing his hopes of playing for the Jaguars, the Dolphins or the Buccaneers and placing the most ostentatiously pious player in the NFL in the thick of Gotham’s media and liberal glare.

Good News and Bad News for News

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The online audience for news is enormous and growing, but the Pew Center’s State of the News Media 2012 report points to declining revenue for news-gathering and a consolidating trend among online giants, with serious implications for civic engagement.

Gov. Scott, Veto the School Prayer Bill

March 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Today, several Florida and national leaders of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, including Palm Coast’s Merrill Shapiro, sent the following letter to Gov. Rick Scott, urging him to veto a school-prayer bill that cleared the Legislature.

Teachers’ Bane: Students Who Don’t
Give a Damn, and Parents Who Reward Them

March 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

In her latest installment from the trenches, teacher Jo Ann Nahirny describes how regulations force teachers’ time to be consumed by efforts to improve the performance of indifferent students at the expense of students who actually want to learn.

Flagler’s and Florida’s Economic Development Hoax

March 18, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

Florida lawmakers and their local replicas seem hypnotized by the buzz of economic development, nattering about it with great stamina. But it’s a hoax, and a costly one. The assault on public and higher education of the last few years proves it.

Senate’s New Redistricting Map: Flagler District Whole Again, With St. Johns and Putnam

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The chairman of the Senate Reapportionment Committee unveiled a new proposal for legislative districts Saturday to answer criticisms from the Florida Supreme Court. The plan creates a much more cohesive district for Flagler.

Going Green on St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Adding “Going Green” to our St. Patrick’s Day activities makes perfect sense, while lending a little fun to the festivities. Frank Gromling provides a list of suggestions in his Coastal View column.

When Rick Santorum’s Official Language Blares Idiocy

March 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Rick Santorum telling Puerto Rico’s people this week that they must all speak English before the island can become a state is the latest of many idiotic, exclusionary statements during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, argues Angel Castillo Jr.

For Environmental Issues at the Legislature, a Less Than Devastating 2012

March 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Despite being overshadowed by insurance, redistricting and higher education issues, to name a few, environmental groups say they had better session than last, with both legislative leaders and Gov. Rick Scott both being more amendable to their input.

Florida’s Latest Stab at Sharia Law Fails, Barely, But May Not Be the Last

March 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

A bill to ban Islamic or Sharia law’s application in state courts cleared the House and two Florida Senate committees easily, and would have gotten Gov. Rick Scott’s signature. It mirrors a concerted anti-Islamic campaign in at least 20 other states.

Piety’s Double Edge: When Deeds Speak Louder Than Public Prayers

March 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

As Gov. Rick Scott readies to sign into law Florida’s school prayer bill, how can legislators push for “inspirational messages” in classrooms while they work to destroy access to affordable healthcare, a woman’s right to choose and the rights of service workers to earn a decent wage?

Flagler Reads Together: The Red Badge of Courage, Chapter 2

March 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A scene from the camp of the 31st Pennsylvania Infantry near Washington, D.C., woman with sleeves rolled up holding basket, posed in front of tent with a soldier (possibly her husband) and three children, 1862. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, Chapter 2: Union soldier Henry Fleming, still anxious about his first battle, projects his anxieties and anger on generals around him.

The 2012 Florida Legislature: Winners and Losers

March 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The 2012 Florida legislative session is over. Here’s a recap list of some of the bills that passed and some that failed, from abortion to charter schools to Sharia law.

Flagler Unemployment Improves to 13.5%, Florida’s to 9.6% as Trend Solidifies

March 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler County’s January unemployment rate of 13.5 percent,. released Tuesday, is the best in three years, going back to December 2008, when it was 11.8 percent.

Better Assisted Living Oversight Fails as Legislature Drops Several Health Care Bills

March 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida lawmakers ended the 2012 session without passing major health-care bills dealing with assisted-living facilities, malpractice lawsuits and physicians dispensing drugs to workers-compensation patients.

Rush Does SNL

March 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rush Limbaugh wants you to know that he’s doing just fine with sponsors on his show. The Saturday Night Live cold opening, compliments of Taran Killam.

Special Session of the Legislature Begins Wednesday to Fix Senate’s Gerrymandering

March 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Citing gerrymandering, the Florida Supreme Court threw out eight of the 40 Senate districts, including Flagler County’s District 6, along with the numbering system, which means that most districts have to be redrawn as a special session begins Wednesday.

The North Atlantic Garbage Patch: A Plastic Soup Ladled from Consumption

March 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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A floating garbage dump consists of billions of small plastic man-made items stretches in the Atlantic from Cuba to Maryland by way of Florida. Here’s what you can do to keep plastics and other litter out of the oceans.

The GOP’s War on Women: Electoral Bombs From Komen to Rush to Virginia’s Vaginal Probes

March 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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The Republican war on women, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker writes, is “a perfect storm of stupefying proportions” that may have ruinous consequences for the GOP at election time. But it was a collapse foretold.

Parent Trigger Bill: Florida Senate’s Rebel Republicans Help Defeat Charter School Ploy

March 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Senate on a tie vote defeated a bill that would have let parents turn failing schools into charters, the latest and perhaps final victory for a dissident faction of the GOP caucus as the curtain came down on the 2012 legislative session.

Do Kiss, Do Tell, Do Show

March 9, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 50 Comments

The homecoming picture of the gay Marine kissing his boyfriend has the same iconic feel as Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Life magazine shot of the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. Both images capture the essence of liberation on a large scale.

Maintaining Momentum, Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment Stays at 8.3%

March 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The U.S. economy is maintaining its job-creation momentum, adding 223,000 jobs in January, and revising upward previous job-creation figures for December and January by 61,000 jobs. Over the past three months, the economy added 730,000 jobs.

Palm Coast At Its Worst: Felled on Old Kings Road, and for 20 Minutes, Nobody Stops

March 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Inna Hardison’s 20-year-old son was traveling on his motorcycle on Old Kings Road the evening of March 3rd when he struck a boar and was thrown from the bike and injured. It was 20 minutes before anyone bothered to stop and help.

Charter School Giveaway Bill Veiled as Parental Control Drawing Frantic Opposition

March 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Democrats are looking to the Senate and a rogue set of lawmakers to help them defeat an education bill they think is a giveaway to the charter school industry at the expense of public schools.

Joe the Plumber, Congressman?

March 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

While Dennis Kucinich lost his primary in Ohio’s 9th Congressional district, Samuel Wurzelbacher, also known as Joe (the alleged and tax-evading) plumber, barely won his Republican primary, though he has no chance of beating Marcy Kaptur.

In a Major Victory for State Workers, Judge Rules 3% Contribution Unconstitutional

March 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

The ruling is major victory for 560,000 state workers, including, cops, firefighters, teachers and other school employees, but it again digs a $2 billion hole for the state budget.

Florida Legislators Cut Higher Ed $300 Million Even as They Create a 12th University

March 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

House and Senate lawmakers agreed to create Florida Polytechnic University, a pet project of Sen. J.D. Alexander’s, and slash university spending by $300 million, paving the way for an on-time ending to the legislative session.

Florida Highway Patrol’s Move-Over Enforcement Nets 1,200 Citations in 29 Days

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Troopers also issued more than 69,000 traffic citations and made 620 arrests for Driving Under the Influence of alcohol or drugs. They also cited nearly 24,000 drivers for speeding in the 29-day campaign.

Flawed Verdict: Ernie Lopez, After 9 Years in Prison for Child Rape, Is Only Half-Free

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

In Canada and the U.S. at least 23 people who were wrongly accused of killing children based on flawed or biased work by forensic pathologists have been cleared over the last 15 years.

Excluding Themselves, Florida Lawmakers Pass Drug-Testing Program for State Workers

March 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The House voted largely along party lines to allow state agencies to set up drug testing programs for their workers over the objection of Democrats who said it wasn’t just unconstitutional, but a bully tactic.

What It’s Like to Be The Whale Guy: The True Story of Getting A Life

March 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

In his debut column for FlaglerLive, Frank Gromling relates his long association with the Marineland Right Whale Project and the Atlantic right whales’ 1,400-mile annual migrations along Flagler and Florida shores.

Rush Limbaugh, Slander Slut

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

If there ever was a need for a prophylactic to syphilitic discourse, Rush Limbaugh’s latest attack on women makes the case. But insurers won’t cover it.

Florida House Passes Sweeping Abortion Restrictions, Including 24-Hour Waiting Period

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The bill requires all abortion clinics to be owned and operated by a doctor (only one of Florida’s 68 clinics fits the bill) and presumes, with little scientific evidence, that pain for the fetus begins at 20 weeks.

In a Response, Jim Manfre Recasts Sheriff Fleming’s 8 Years in Harsh Terms

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Responding to Sheriff Don Fleming’s earlier criticism, Jim Manfre, a candidate for sheriff, calls Fleming a liar while assailing him over employment lawsuits, issues at the jail and other matters.

53-Year-Old Man Tries to Set Himself and Doctors on Fire at St. Augustine VA Clinic

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Gregorio Iglesias-Cruz, 53, is in jail in St. Johns County today after reportedly walking into a VA clinic in St. Augustine and attempting to set himself and a doctor he was speaking with on fire.

Why Santorum Flops, Atheists and Muslims

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Thursday, 4 p.m. A minor crash causes bigh headaches near Belle Terre Elementary. Kathleen Parker on Santorum’s pandering flops, Jacksonville’s No meat March movement, Florida-style literacy, video of John Steinbeck’s Nobel speech, and the Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Contraceptive

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Six in ten Americans, including Catholics, said they support a requirement by the Obama administration that health plans supply free contraceptives as a preventive benefit for women. Women registered as independents favor the rule by a 2-1 margin.

Florida Moves Past No Child Left Behind, But Not Past High-Stakes Testing

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Breaking from from federal No Child Left Behind strictures, Florida can now use its own school accountability system, its A-through-F school grades, to rate the state’s public education system. But the waiver comes with strings attached.

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