July 10, 2022
For the first time in many years, two serious Democratic candidates are running for Jacksonville mayor. And for backers of…
June 26, 2022
OPINION | ‘Discipline and punish’: the Duval way
To the best of my knowledge, French philosopher Michel Foucault never made it to Duval County. And he likely never…
June 12, 2022
OPINION | Will DeSantis get his Duval revenge?
In the final analysis, Gov. Ron DeSantis may be the big winner of the Jacksonville sheriff’s race in 2023. Consider…
June 5, 2022
OPINION | Have Democrats already lost the governor’s race?
Democrats are in a bad position vis-a-vis Ron DeSantis, and it seems to have them hamstrung as time starts to…
June 1, 2022
OPINION | Where the sheriff lives matters
One of my least favorite fictions about our region is that Jacksonville and the rest of Northeast Florida are the…
May 22, 2022
OPINION | Corrine Brown’s pyrrhic victory
Months back, I pleaded to the federal government in this column space to stop prosecuting Corrine Brown. Last week, they…
May 15, 2022
OPINION | Byrd’s the word
The great unanswered question of the 2022 election cycle for Northeast Florida Republicans was what Cord Byrd would end up…
May 8, 2022
OPINION | ‘Ain’t nothin’ goin’ on but the rent’
Not too many years ago, it was possible to eke out a living on the fringes of society and maintain…
May 1, 2022
OPINION | Al Ferraro is driving the narrative
Al Ferraro knows how to read a room. People should finally realize that much and give him the credit he’s…
April 24, 2022
OPINION | Can DeSantis overplay his hand?
In the week since my column last ran in Jacksonville Today, Gov. Ron DeSantis got everything he wanted from the…
April 17, 2022
OPINION | Who wants to be a congressman?
There was no surprise, none at all, for readers of this column regarding what the Florida Legislature would do with…
April 10, 2022
OPINION | Confederacy of dunces
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That’s a line from William Faulkner, but it’s also an apt…
April 3, 2022
OPINION | The day Brian Kilmeade silenced Jacksonville’s political class
On Thursday morning, the Fox & Friends program began the 7 o’clock hour blasting the city of Jacksonville. The catalyst…
March 27, 2022
OPINION | Will Ron DeSantis pick a Jacksonville senator?
Imagine you’re Clay Yarborough, a current state representative who thought the next campaign was all set. A few months back,…
March 20, 2022
OPINION | Confederate monuments are here to stay
The Jacksonville City Council is set for yet another of its masochistic explorations of what would, in a 21st Century…
March 13, 2022
OPINION | Controversial Ed Board pick shows what DeSantis thinks of Duval County
As the Legislature wrapped up its business Friday, the last bit of work before passing the budget Monday, Gov. Ron…
March 6, 2022
OPINION | Ukraine war hits close to home
The narrative thrust of American war, at least as presented in mass media, has been remoteness. Our enemies never have…
February 27, 2022
OPINION | House redistricting map creates Jax-only CD5…lands with a thud
The intramural pissing match between Republicans in Tallahassee continues, and no clear resolution is at hand as they try to…
February 20, 2022
OPINION | Drama on Florida House floor reflects Duval’s racial divide
Duval County legislators were at the center of drama in the Florida Legislature last week, and the confrontation spoke to…
February 13, 2022
OPINION | Ron DeSantis isn’t bluffing about his map
Many of those reading this rejoiced last week when the Florida Supreme Court rebuffed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ unprecedented ask for…
February 6, 2022
OPINION | Lawson for Lt. Gov?
Will Florida’s 5th Congressional District, which connects Jacksonville’s Urban Core to Gadsden County while hugging the Georgia border, become a…
January 30, 2022
OPINION | Bring Byron home
It’s hard for me to understand, as a longtime observer of the Jacksonville Jaguars franchise, why it’s taken the team…
January 23, 2022
OPINION | Corrine’s revenge? Ron DeSantis goes after Al Lawson
Is Gov. DeSantis trying to do what Jacksonville Democrats could not, in removing Al Lawson from Congress? That is one…
January 9, 2022
OPINION | Ben Frazier makes his point
A week ago, the world hadn’t heard of Ben Frazier. The president of the Northside Coalition was known locally, but…