After the 2013 Legislature met, one newspaper ran the standard story bemoaning how the monied interests swayed legislators from the proper path.

Everyone is focused on the cost of higher education. Few focus on one of the biggest drivers of that cost.

When a liberal newspaper tells you it is “setting the record straight,” watch out.

Almost 40 years ago I covered a meeting of the National League of Cities in Miami and was amused by the astonished, and angry, reactions from delegates from other states when they were briefed on Florida's Government in the Sunshine laws.

Gov. Rick Scott can't say he hasn't been warned.

One thing conservatives and liberals agree on is that crony capitalism is bad.

But, it is a matter of definition.

Last week conservative Americans were celebrating National School Choice Week, a genuine success story.

Spending other people's money is something liberals do with gusto and verve. Constant practice has made them quite good at it.

America's recent lurch toward socialism, in which Florida participated, has produced something rare among liberals in the Sunshine State: optimism.

In keeping with the holiday season, I went looking for good news.

It's official. Rick Scott is the best governor in the nation. 

It was not only liberals who were celebrating on Nov. 7. Many conservatives were elated as well – not at the results, but at the fact that it was over. 

We don't need to “tax the rich,” who already pay more than their “share.” We need to tax the poor. 

"When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you ... you may know that your society is doomed." – Ayn Rand