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Univision a perfect fit
What if Hispanics, the fastest growing group of Americans, were served 24 hours a day by a cable network that offered news and entertainment?
Miami Herald
Sam Gibbons, Tampa's hero
Sam Gibbons, who served in the state Legislature and U.S. Congress, helped create USF and its medical school, died Wedneday.
Tampa Tribune
Gibbons represented bay area with dignity
Sam Gibbons, who died Wednesday in Tampa at the age of 92, was an institution who over a half-century in Tallahassee and Washington.
Tallahassee Democrat
It's all about family at FSU this weekend
Florida State University will hold their annual Parents’ Weekend this upcoming Friday and Saturday, Oct. 12 and 13.
FSU Flambeau
Discussion, not extortion needed
We encourage Escambia County and the city of Pensacola to find a way to restore funding to the branches of the West Florida Public Library System.
Pensacola News-Journal
Effing Florida - Of course the weird stuff happens here
Welcome to Florida, where apparently it’s perfectly fine to be insane.
Independent Florida Alligator
Otto: A long goodbye to a friend
I do wonder if occasionally we find ourselves caught up in too much of the lives around us. I'd be interested in reading some of your thoughts on this
Tampa Tribune
Grimm: If it’s online, is it cheating? Cheaters don’t think so
Take students out of a classroom and put them in front of a computer and they cheat. Or at least they cheat more often.
Miami Herald
Otto: Purchase gives Tribune chance to serve readers
I don't like to think of Tampa without Mother Trib waiting for me every morning. I'm happy to report that's not going to happen.
Tampa Tribune
The Tampa Tribune still the hometown newspaper
The region is buzzing with speculation about how the sale of The Tampa Tribune might affect the paper and the community it has served since the 1890s.
Tampa Tribune
Historic hospital receives a big boost, and a roundup of other opinions
The Historical Society needs a centerpiece to house all of its collections. And this certainly is a fitting one.
Florida Times-Union
Homophobia still evident in parts of government
With our help, it is possible to end more than 30 years of homophobia in the way we go about collecting and testing blood.
FSU Flambeau
Are ‘chains’ and ‘whips’ still enslaving African American
Perceptions about what represents a group of people don’t start in the real world. It starts with perceptions of what is advertised in the media.
FAMUAN
Stover: Playhouse renovation boosts its appeal
Last Sunday night, I strolled into the renovated Cocoa Village Playhouse and plopped down into one of the new cushioned seats.
Florida Today
Reed: Where politics rules the TV kit
The menu included Florida politics and asparagus rolled in pancetta on the set of “Live with Lori,” a new locally based cooking show.
Florida Today
Like it or not, newspaper endorsements will continue on Treasure Coast, with aim to help inform readers
Regardless, we discuss our positions thoroughly and take our endorsement process seriously. So do readers.
Treasure Coast Palm
Mulligan: Comings and goings at the Chronicle
here have been some changes at the Chronicle recently that deserve some recognition.
Citrus County Chronicle

Op Ed

Take a stand against bullying

Bullying has always been present in our schools, and social media and You Tube have made it worse. Cyberbullying is the newest form of bullying....

Gainesville Sun
Defining the sustainable good life in Florida

Are downtowns today's version of the attached suburban garage that once begat bands and Internet start-ups? With short prospects for success...

Tampa Bay Times
Last inning deserved a song

 

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Clergy protest Publix action

On Saturday, Sept. 1,...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune
We live or die by the choices we make

The Orlando Sentinel...

Orlando Sentinel
Legalized Marijuana's Medical Uses Are a Smokescreen for Most

Colorado legalized...

Lakeland Ledger
The-Emancipation-Proclimation-150-years-later

Many freed slaves worked as scouts, spies, and laborers in a struggle to end the nightmare of slavery. Henceforth, black Floridians observed the...

Gainesville Sun

Letter To The Editor

Parents should be aware of increasing sexual content on TV

A recent analysis by the Parents Television Council revealed a more than 6,300 percent increase in incidents of full frontal pixilated nudity on...

Florida Today
Be happy, don’t watch Fox News

Letter-writers of late have presented a pretty stark and, frankly, frightening picture of an America gone terribly wrong, of a nation following a...

Fort Meade Leader
Ybor City deserves better

 

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Tampa Tribune
Statewide Momentum Growing for Ethics Reform
To Engage Us, Help Us Laugh at Ourselves
More Flexibility at AA Might Better Help Today's Addicts
From Left Field
Just Good Manners
Remembering Dad
Using Our Schools to Solve Childhood Obesity
Our Broken Immigration System
Nice Work, If You Can Get It
Discrimination in Housing Continues
Remembering Lives Lost, or Forever Changed, by BP Oil Spill
Gorgeous Bayfront View – No Concrete Required
There are no Your Turn conversations for this Topic yet. Start one here.
Amendment 6: Should Florida's constitution be changed to address abortion?
Should Florida require motorcyclists to wear helmets?
Are You Ever Hesitant To Wish Someone "Merry Christmas?"
Keep America Weird
Florida Governments’ Disturbing Synthetic Marijuana High
Referee Fiasco Highlights Disdain for American Workers
A Case of Mistaken Identity, Or Not?
Obama Caves In to Muslim Fanatics on First Amendment

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