* Yes, Florida is teaching the “evils” of communism. This isn’t the Cold War. This isn’t a ‘50s Red Scare redo. Just monitoring progressive inroads that undermine self-serving MAGA ideology. We, naively, thought we had this partisan, paranoid, McCarthy-era scapegoating behind us.
Yes, there was a time when socialist and communist weren’t synonyms. No more than Sweden and Cuba were.
* Goobernatorial candidate Byron Donalds recently referenced the “Woke Right”? That’s more than GOPster infighting rhetoric. That’s an oxymoron.
* “To the 4 million Floridians who rely on the Affordable Care Act tax credits for affordable coverage, I pledge to keep standing up for you.”—Florida Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor.
* Amid reports of a surge in Florida university presidents’ salaries, there is still the elephant-in-the-room. Successful football head coaches will still make much more than anybody else on campus–from university presidents to cancer researchers.
That would seem at odds with the perceived priorities of institutions of higher learning. Iconic Alabama football coach Bear Bryant once responded to this collegiate inequity. “Sometimes it’s hard to rally ‘round the math department,” he opined.
* DEI issues in the “‘Free’ State of Florida.” Ronald Reagan wasn’t just right, but correct: sometimes “government is the problem.” Exhibit A: MAGA-Tally dictates to local governments.
* Anybody miss Adam Putnam?