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Republican voters watch election results, shortly after the 8pm poll results are announced, during the Republican Party of Seminole County, Fla. Election Watch Party in Altamonte Springs, near Orlando, Tuesday, November 8, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) 2490199

Sinkhole Alley folks apoplectic at Citizens’ rate hikes; what did they expect?

August 22, 2019 at 8:09 p.m.

Tell those danged politicians to take their hands off our gubberment property insurance! That's the hue and cry coming from Sinkhole Alley, where homeowners are getting a firsthand taste of...

Assistant state attorney Linda Drane Burdick stands together during a press conference with Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings and State Attorney Lamar Lawson following the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial Tuesday in Orlando, Fla.

Casey Anthony case, others show Florida’s death-penalty system is broken

August 22, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

Support of the death penalty is almost a prerequisite to holding statewide office in Florida.Kill more. Kill them faster.But this political agenda is clashing ever more often with the constitutional...

Even if Casey Anthony ends up on death row, she’ll never be executed

August 22, 2019 at 8:03 p.m.

Mike, revenge is served deliciously cold. Casey will definitely get the needle. Many of us will celebrate her death. —Mac Mac was responding to my column on why Casey Anthony...

Florida’s sinkhole shakedown: Insurers’ new pitfall

August 22, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

We can't catch a break. If the wind isn't howling from hurricanes, the ground must be collapsing from sinkholes. Hence, the latest insurance crisis in Florida, where homeowners, public adjusters...

When Scott gets to work, what’s gonna give?

August 18, 2019 at 5:57 p.m.

I wonder if, in their heart of hearts, Republicans in the Legislature were crossing their fingers for Alex Sink. She was the wishy-washy, predictable Democrat they knew, as opposed to...

What if media had ignored Terry Jones?

August 22, 2019 at 7:39 p.m.

The Rev. Terry Jones was a sad-sack preacher, lucky to draw 50 people to his steel-shed house of prayer, when the words "burn" and "Quran" had an unfortunate collision in...

Tiger Woods trivia: How well can you score?

August 19, 2019 at 1:06 a.m.

If you can answer more than eight of these questions about Tiger Woods, you need to spend more time reading about Afghanistan and climate change. 1. What did Tiger say...

Best of `the worst’

August 22, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

I was appalled to see the White Sox in the column headed "Worst team to root for" (Tribune, April 27). I could take the unnamed writer to a number of...

So far, hurricane-season awards go to . . . anyone else but us

August 18, 2019 at 3:04 p.m.

Fun is fun until your house gets hit by a tree. I ran outside, screaming in horror because I thought it squashed the air conditioner. It did not. The rest...

Charley’s wake leaves long lines, short fuses

August 18, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

Luckily, as the father of a baby and 5-year-old, I'm used to cold showers and little sleep. . . . So a guy was at the gas pump with a...

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