The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, the Paris Olympics open on the Seine, remembering Red Smith.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Revisiting J.D. Vance’s Middletown, Ohio
J.D. Vance’s Middletown, Ohio, his hometown – just north of Cincinnati – risks becoming an abstract symbol of Rust Belt America. Ironically, it is easy to lose sight of the city’s rich, distinctive heritage, from which Vance’s memoir drew its potency.
Florida High School Athletes May Now Cash In With Sponsors as State Board Approves ‘NIL’ Plan
While saying additional protections are needed, the State Board of Education on Wednesday ratified a plan approved last month by the Florida High School Athletic Association that will allow high school athletes to get paid through name, image and likeness, or “NIL,” deals.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, July 25, 2024
The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Palm Coast’s forgotten Beautification Committee meets, Bob Newhart on Carson, a few thoughts on the GOP Convention.
Is Media to Blame for Biden Dropping Out?
Blaming the press for Joe Biden dropping out of his re-election bid assumes that the power of the press is significant and straightforward: If journalists report on an issue in a certain way for an extended period of time, they will ultimately shape how people feel about it. In reality, journalists’ influence is far more limited.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, July 24, 2024
The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on Michael Morpurgo’s “Elephant in the Garden,” Separation Chat, Open Discussion, a few sights and thoughts on the reborn beach at the south end of Flagler Beach.
Eventful 2024? Think 1940, 1968, or 1973
History usually happens at a leisurely pace, with major events months or even years apart. But this year, it seems like someone has pushed fast-forward, with significant events coming on a weekly or even daily basis. One company is now selling a T-shirt declaring “THIS IS MY LIVING IN UNPRECEDENTED TIMES SHIRT.”
Florida Issues Potentially Intrusive Social Media Age-Verification Rules to Ban Children from Platforms
The law, which will take effect Jan. 1, seeks to prevent children under age 16 from opening social-media accounts on at least some platforms — though it would allow parents to give consent for 14- and 15-year-olds to have accounts. Children under 14 could not open accounts. It also requires age verification to try to prevent minors under age 18 from having access to online pornographic sites.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, July 23, 2024
The school board holds its pair of meetings–afternoon workshop, evening meeting–the Palm Coast council meets, Book Dragons at the Flagler Beach Public Library, the sprawls of Palm Coast.
Already Vile, GOP Attacks Against Kamala Harris Are About to Get Worse
The anti-Harris rhetoric is part of what a report by the Wilson Center, a nonpartisan think tank, described as a broad pattern of gendered and sexualized attacks on prominent women in public discourse.