Posted inNews
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tops the list of the year’s worst failures of government transparency
The Foilies 2024: Sunshine laws blocked in the Sunshine State
Views + Opinions
Orlando Weekly Views + Opinions features commentary, analysis, and columns on politics, culture, and community issues in Central Florida.
Posted inNews
Pat Robertson, known for LGBT hate speech and a certain disgusting statement about the Orlando Pulse shootings, is dead
Too soon? Nah, long overdue.
Posted inNews
Op-ed: ‘The immigrant community in Florida is facing an unprecedented attack’
Florida immigration bills currently being discussed put unnecessary and cruel obstacles to participation in nearly every part of daily life
Posted inNews
Recognizing the worst failures of the year in government transparency
The Foilies Awards 2023
Posted inNews
At this column’s end, American politics is so much dumber than it was at its beginning
The final installment of Informed Dissent.
Posted inNews
Op-ed: ‘The breathing room America needs is student loan debt forgiveness’
A bachelor’s degree is supposed to grant economic security and more job prospects. The opposite is happening
Posted inNews
Op-ed: ‘We must curb the scourge of reading that plagues this nation’s children’
DeSantis doesn’t go far enough
Posted inNews
Guys like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have nothing to offer but rage
Bullying as politics infected the right long before Trump, and purging him won’t get rid of it.
Posted inNews
Incidents like the death of Tyre Nichols happen because of the 1967 ruling that created ‘qualified immunity’
Immunity creates a lack of accountability that permeates police stations all over the country
Posted inNews
Evidence in suspended DA’s lawsuit shows that DeSantis simply wanted to target a ‘reform prosecutor’
Republican political operative Larry Keefe picked Andrew Warren after a Google search and a chat with a right-wing sheriff.
Posted inNews
Start the year right by volunteering or donating to Orlando groups doing essential community work
Our 2023 Giving Guide
Posted inNews
Kevin McCarthy will be the least powerful and effective speaker in modern history
It would be funny, in a tragicomic way, if the stakes weren’t so high.
Posted inNews
The 10 most important American political stories of 2022: Part Two
The Woke War drags on.
Posted inNews
The 10 most important American political stories of 2022: Part One
The end of Roe, the Trump collapse and more.
Posted inNews
Democrats say so long to the Senate’s most attention-seeking member, Kyrsten Sinema
And don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.
Posted inNews
Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase gives him the power of chaos, not the wisdom for governance
Let’s definitely let a South African narcissist define what our First Amendment rights mean
Posted inNews
Having a gun in your house increases suicides, it increases gun accidents, and it increases homicides
So miss us with the “guns don’t kill people” thing.
Posted inNews
When you elect a bunch of clowns, you end up with a circus
Reap the whirlwind, Republicans.
