Category Archives: Editorial
Florida’s Investments Grow Businesses and Create Jobs
By Governor Rick Scott Businesses create jobs, not government. That is why, as Governor, I am committed to improving our state’s business climate by lowering the cost of doing business …
One Fallen Star, One Refreshed Heavenly Choir
by C. A. Jude Stewart Well, a shooting star in the black cultural firmament is gone. She’s another in a long line of elite black musical talents who perished prematurely …
The two-party system is dying. And it has to if our Republic is to survive
By: Calen Fretts Citizens across our great nation are realizing that the Republicans and Democrats in Washington no longer represent their interests, and they’re ready for a severe change to …
The Gantt Report: Same Black Candidates, Same Losers
By Lucius Gantt It’s 2012, another election year, and every Black community in America has candidates that always run for office and those same candidates always lose! After the election …
Super Bowl Joy, Super Bowl Madness
by C. A. Jude Stewart The G-Men did it again. 21-17 over the much-ballyhooed NE Brady Bunch & Captain Americano, Tomasino Brady. Over the past 2 weeks, I asked local …
AARP: You earned straight answers from candidates on Social Security, Medicare AARP: You earned straight answers from candidates on Social Security, Medicare
By Jeff Johnson Florida famously has the highest percentage of residents age 65+ in America. More than 3 million get health care coverage through Medicare, and 3.7 million are receiving …
Obama Channels Al Green to Victory this November
by C. A. Jude Stewart Had the good fortune two weeks ago, to witness history (political and musical) at the Apollo Theatre during a splendid visit back home to NYC …
The Gantt Report
By Lucius Gantt A Devilfish is a creature that buries itself in the mud and sand on the floors of some seas. When a fish swims nearby that the Devilfish …
Florida Election Law Calculated Attack on Voting Rights
By Gayle Andrews Tampa—Hundreds of Floridians packed a Hillsborough County courtroom for an unprecedented hearing on changes to Florida’s election law passed last spring by the Republican dominated Florida legislature. …
BUSINESS EXCHANGE: KNOW BEFORE YOU OWE
By William Reed Dez Bryant provides a good economic example of what is happening to Blacks across America. In heavy debt after leveraging his first-year salary to pay for “bling-lifestyle” …
The Gantt Report: A Wing and a Prayer
By Lucius Gantt Back in Slavery Days, there were hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of brave Black men and women that resisted the exploitation, the abuse and the oppression of …
The Gantt Report: Martin Luther King Was A Convict
By Lucius Gantt The barbeque smoke permeated the Black community air on Martin Luther King’s birth date in 2012. Some people golfed, some were boating and many people participated in …
The Gantt Report: Thank God for Michelle Obama
By Lucius Gantt Sometimes President Barack Obama seems to have eyes but cannot see. Fortunately, God blessed him with a wife that would watch his back! There are some very …
Is the Theory of Evolution Racist?
It is more than obvious that we still live in a racist society. Even with an African American President, our country is still struggling with the “race issue”. It is …
America’s Longest Ongoing War: The ‘Race’ War on Drugs
By John W. Whitehead “The drug war is not to protect the children, save the babies, shield the neighborhoods, or preserve the rain forests. The drug war is a violent …
Party Power or People Power
Every poll says you, the American voters, are fed up with congress and the entire federal government. Instead of taking action that could make a difference most people are falling …
“Remembering the Battlers of the Bulge”
Remembering the Battlers of the Bulge By Dr. Marvin Folkertsma On December 16, 1944, the men of Lieutenant Lyle Bouck’s platoon had their all-night vigil interrupted by a pre-dawn …
The Gantt Report: Obama Dong Political Pimping
By Lucius Gantt United States President Barack Obama, known as the “Hawaiian Hit Man”, can claim another nickname, “D.C. Mack” after pulling a pimp move on Congressional Republicans! The politician …
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