As inflation persists and costs of groceries and gas rise, many hardworking taxpayers and business owners who already have tightened their budgets, will be making tough financial decisions for the foreseeable future, unfortunately. But while Floridians are tightening their belts, some U.S. senators are pushing ahead with the American Innovation [...]
by J. Robert McClure III | May 03, 2022 09:58 AM Twitter is atwitter with the news that maverick billionaire Elon Musk is set to buy the microblogging platform outright. Musk has big intentions for Twitter, which he plans to take private and exert direct control over. The move has been [...]
Florida’s future rests on the rights of parents to choose what schools best fit the needs of their children. We believe that parents, not administrators, should hold the power to decide and to determine where, when, and at what institution their child or children will attend for their education. We [...]
You are our last line of defense. On Dec. 28, prior to heading out for the holiday long weekend, President Joe Biden did something that very few politicians do when confronted with a difficult reality. In this case, he was asked a question about his administration’s response to the latest [...]
By J. Robert McClure III November 18, 2021 Daniel Webster didn’t know Valentin Mendez when Webster was elected in 1996 as the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since reconstruction. He couldn’t have known him – because Valentin hadn’t been born yet. But the designation of Speaker Webster, a result of Republicans taking the majority [...]
BY ROBERT MCCLURE, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 05/03/21 12:00 PM EDT Back in 2011, a year that seems like a lifetime ago, newly inaugurated Florida Gov. Rick Scott, now a Republican U.S. senator, made an unthinkable decision that would cause heads to turn: He stood on his principles of fiscal prudence and turned down $2.5 [...]
As Florida continues to serve as the shining example of how to balance the safety of citizens with economic liberty, the Sunshine State is happy to let Andrew Cuomo serve as our No. 1 real estate agent and job recruiter. There was the absurdly blatant and intentionally false hit job [...]
Andrew Cuomo might just be Florida’s #1 real estate agent. The Sunshine State is all too happy to pick up the many entrepreneurial refugees fleeing the big government failures of the Empire State. We entice roughly a quarter-million new residents each year. In both population and income migration, Florida takes [...]
By: Dr. Robert McClure December 3, 2020 As the rubble from the 2020 election settles and those providing commentary do what they do, I am reminded of a phrase ascribed to French sociologist and philosopher Comte some 200 years ago: Demography is destiny. We've heard it lots over the course [...]
J. Robert McClure / @JmsMadisonInst / November 06, 2020 The Daily Signal Election Day 2020 was many things to many people—depending on your age, philosophy, and geography. It’s probably a Rorschach test for the country. It’s a reminder that our nation is large and complicated, with diverse perspectives crossing numerous cultural lines. For millions [...]
