Commentary

Last week, Stephen Leatherman, aka “Dr. Beach,” announced his selection as the best beach in the United States -- one in the Florida Panhandle,...

Andy Tuck, Marva Johnson, Ben Gibson, Tom Grady, Michael Olenick, Ryan Petty, and Joe York disgraced themselves two weeks ago.  And they disgraced the...

Usually, when you see Jack Rudloe in the spring, he’s surrounded by schoolchildren and sea life. Usually the parking lot of Gulf Specimen Marine...

When I was growing up, my parents never helped me with my homework. I mean never.I grew up in a blue-collar Cleveland suburb and...

We’ve known for a long time that former President Barack Obama lives rent-free inside Donald Trump’s brain.From trying to tear down the Affordable Care...

Remember the story of the old lady who swallowed a fly? She kept putting bigger and more dangerous animals down her gullet to fix...

Only in recent years has white American culture become willing to stare the horror of lynching in the face, or at least glance at...

The writer (and biochemist) Isaac Asimov famously decried the “false notion,” all too common in America, “that democracy means that my ignorance is just...

Daniel Uhlfelder, the brash lawyer who recently sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an unsuccessful effort to close Panhandle beaches crowded with tourists and...

One month ago, we sent a letter along with 44 partner organizations to Gov.  Ron DeSantis, urging for more action to strengthen our safety net...