Commentary

Commentary: New to college? Start planning your first 6 weeks

I’ll be on my 30th first day on a college campus in a few weeks. With an emphasis on student achievement and engagement, my ...

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Commentary: Slashing federal science funding threatens Floridians’ health and progress

At Winter Park High School, my teacher dragged microscopes into our classroom, which is how I first touched one. I became fascinated with biology ...

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Commentary: The climate-change cult is encountering resistance

The severe floods that occurred in Texas over the weekend of July 4th was a massive natural disaster. Families experienced unimaginable grief as a ...

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Commentary: The AI deal of the century?

President Trump sees himself as a global peacemaker, actively working to resolve conflicts from Kosovo-Serbia to India-Pakistan. His Nobel Peace Prize ambitions reflect genuine ...

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Commentary: Americans must understand carnage of Israeli-Palestine conflict

On July 11, an American citizen from Tampa was brutally beaten to death at his family’s farm, allegedly by a mob of illegal Israeli ...

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Commentary: Let insurance reforms work — Florida’s recovery depends on it

As a former Florida Insurance Commissioner, I have read Ron Hurtibise’s recent coverage on Florida’s property insurance marketplace with great interest. This is an ...

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Maxwell: Happy 150th birthday, Orlando! It’s been a wild ride

Orlando has a big birthday coming up. The City Beautiful turns 150 next weekend. So, in honor of the city’s sesquicentennial — a word ...

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Commentary: To restore democracy, look to founding documents

Are the 50 states in a position now where the 13 colonies were centuries ago? As the nation moves past the recent July 4 ...

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Counterpoint: Unhappy with tips jobs? Get another job | Commentary

The other night, after the House passed the “Big Beautiful Bill of Goods” (BBBOG), I went out to dinner at one of my favorite ...

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Commentary: Why Trump’s Africa summit matters more than you think

The agenda of this week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and five African heads of state in Washington, D.C., is not the only thing ...

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