At theme patks of the future, will corn dogs still be bad for you? What do you see in the future as attractions for amusement parks? I ask. The gypsy fortune teller sways inside the glass booth like a drunk. She utters some words about the hand of fate and a neon pink card drops…

Liz Langley

Arresting Orlando’s homeless policy

The city of Orlando is about to be dragged into court over its habit of arresting homeless people. A local attorney is preparing a lawsuit attacking the city’s “camping” ordinance, one of several used by police to sweep homeless people from downtown. And the American Civil Liberties Union, while considering sponsoring attorney Steven Mason’s suit,…

Lawrence Budd

Rep. McCollim on drugs

U.S. Rep. Bill McCollum returned earlier this month from his five-day adventure in the jungles of South America convinced the U.S. should spend billions of dollars more than the $15.1 billion a year it already spends fighting the war on drugs. But as McCollum, a Republican from Longwood, prepares a plan exhorting the government to…

Lawrence Budd

Sophomoric strategy to sink Fidel

Just when you think the federal government doesn’t have a sense of humor, along come those wild and wacky guys at the Pentagon clowning it up and making you laugh … until you cry. The latest Laugh-A-Rama comes courtesy of old memos just released from the Defense Department — 1,500 pages from 1962, written at…

Jim Hightower