The times had changed greatly by that balmy spring morning when Mattie stopped by the old farm house to pay her respects. Martin Luther King, Jr., had preached, led, taught, suffered and died trying to make sure the discrimination and paternalism of the past gave way to a new dignity, new self-esteem and a...
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Never give up hope…the hope of Christmas.
Christmas began, of course, with the birth of a child. Born in a barn and laid in a manger, that tiny infant was a gift to the world; a gift intended to relieve the world of its slavish attachment to itself, to relieve the...
What do you mean, “It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Florida?”
Well, ho-ho-ho, it’s that time of the year again! It’s the time of the year when nearly all Floridians are hailed by their temporary Yankee neighbors with the traditional greeting, “Geez, it just doesn’t feel like Christmas inFlorida.”
What if…we really had a way to create jobs, improve Florida’s economy.
Let’s see, doing the math…okay, carry the one…that’s about $7.6 billion additional dollars flowing into Florida and almost 600,000 new jobs. Somehow, I think we’d all say, “yes,” to such a bold investment in ourselves, our communities, our economy, our future.
Presidential communication changes with the times
From Teddy Roosevelt’s Bully Pulpit to President Barack Obama’s embrace of social media, presidential communication tends to define communication as a cultural phenomenon.
From Down Yonder, FL., to the White House
It’s not often Crackerbillies are allowed in places like the White House (much less public in general) but July 15th was an exception. Read more about it here.
Tales from DownYonder, Florida
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