'Gator Alley's Good Ol' Boys
In a matter of days, officials from the Florida Department of Transportation, together with a few local whiz-bangs, will do something new, at least for them: They'll become international traders, even though that's not in their job description. Full Story
Political death match
— Editor's note: Tanya Amador-Daigle is re p o rting for Florida Weekly on the presidential election. She has a unique perspective on the primaries and the process for choosing a candidate, having traveled the country reporting on primaries and caucuses for the Purple States project. To learn more about Purple States go, to www. Full Story
Has the political press abdicated its role?
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Most of this week's talk about the presidential race concerned the vicepresidential debate, but your reporter was still chewing on something he heard over and over in the coverage following the first McCain-Obama matchup — the complaint that, when pressed by moderator Jim Lehrer, neither candidate offered any specifics about what he would give up, Full Story
Ire of the Pirate
Do you know what makes me mad? No thing and every thing. Now, that's a pirate answer, full of purpose and paradox. But to unpack the treasure chest of it, let's look at the word that is key: "mad." Our word "mad" comes from the Old English "gemad," which meant foolish or crazy. Full Story
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