‘Hysteria,’ At Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Cabbage, Potato and Bacon Festival, ‘First Date,’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, meanwhile, back in the West Bank.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
The Stepped Up Assault on Abortion and LGBTQ Rights Ahead
When the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to get an abortion in June 2022, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested that the court “should reconsider” other rights it currently recognizes – like the rights for same-sex couples to have sex and marry. If the Supreme Court overturns legal precedents on these and other issues, old state laws that haven’t been enforced, possibly for centuries, can suddenly spring back to life.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Peps Art Walk near JT’s Seafood Shack, ‘Hysteria,’ At Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Cabbage, Potato and Bacon Festival in Hastings, how Britain, France and the United States set the template for a century of war in the Middle East.
From Reagan’s Shining City on a Hill to Trump’s Apocalyptic Christian Nationalism
While Reagan and Trump – two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents – used religion to advance their political visions, their messages and missions are starkly different. Trump’s religious vision is rooted in white Christian nationalism, the belief that the white Christians who founded America hoped to spread Protestant beliefs and ideals. According to white Christian nationalists, the founders also wanted to limit the influence of non-Christian immigrants and enslaved Africans.
Supreme Court Appears Likely to Side With Trump on Some Presidential Immunity
Some of the court’s conservative justices expressed concern about the prospect that, if former presidents do not have immunity, federal criminal laws could be used to target political opponents. However, the justices left open the prospect that Trump’s trial in Washington, D.C., could still go forward because the charges against him rest on his private, rather than his official, conduct.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, April 26, 2024
‘Hysteria,’ At Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, ‘First Date,’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, The Blue 24 Forum, Lord Dewar of the Whiskey Dewar’s returns from Central Africa with imperious tales of wife-buying.
Could a Video Game Developer Win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
How do we account for other language-based forms of expression? If performed works such as theatre or songwriting can be considered literature, where is the limit? And why aren’t video games considered a form of expression?
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Drug Court, Beautification committee, the Flagler Beach City Commission meets, understanding the Social Security Trust Fund and its perpetual near-insolvency over the years.
Journalism in Crisis
In journalism school, students learn their craft while engaging with critical questions about their roles and responsibilities. They are often taught by previous or current journalists, whose work experiences prepare them to help students tackle reporting challenges. Crises ask journalism educators, students and practitioners to grapple with sharing stories about what the future could hold. What will journalists’ jobs look like in five years? Or 25 years?
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State hosts its open discussion, the navel-gazing at the New York Times, Russell Baker on objectivity.