Vickie Cavey Takes a Breather. Perhaps City Hall Should Take One, Too
JEA announced Wednesday that CEO Vickie Cavey is taking an extended leave of absence, effective immediately. The leave is expected to last more than 14 days but fewer than 60 days. Jody Brooks has been named interim CEO while Cavey is away. The announcement comes after months of allegations, investigations, public hearings, media reports and […]
Education experts troubled by statistics
No matter where you stand politically, when it comes to education, current issues that affect our schools and its students are at the top of the list of concerns in our country. Statistics reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the “Nation’s Report Card,” on students’ test scores from […]
Mayor’s budget holds a surprise
You could have knocked me over with a feather. I’m reaching into my inexhaustible supply of cliches because I don’t know what else to say after taking a cursory look at the mayor’s proposed budget. Mayor Donna Deegan, Democrat, is asking the City Council to approve less spending on general government functions next year. The […]
Different Victims, Same Playbook: How Our Loved Ones Become Profit Centers
There are many ways to traffic a human being. Some victims are children sold for sex or forced into labor. Others are people struggling with addiction who are recruited and exploited by fraudulent treatment operations. Still others are elderly or incapacitated Americans placed under guardianship, isolated from their families and stripped of control over their […]
No More Mystery Ballots: Court Revives Trump’s USPS Safeguards
We have a rare, massive win out of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Friday, a three-judge panel temporarily revived the Trump Administration’s executive order requiring strict new security and transparency standards for mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterms. The ruling allows the U.S. Postal Service to proceed with implementing the new rules, […]
The College Grift Meets Trump’s Common-Sense Test
Earlier this month, NPR quietly reported some more very encouraging education news, headlined, “Under a new federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid.” I’d bet you never heard of this terrific and common-sense development, even though last year, this kind of thing would have provoked a rage hurricane of progressive […]
Dallas Chooses Secrecy—and Apparently Nat Ford
When the Lord closes a door in Jacksonville, He opens a window in Dallas. Nat Ford, Jacksonville Transportation Authority’s outgoing CEO, is set to become the head of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), but we are not supposed to know that yet. Ford abruptly resigned as CEO of the JTA on the July Fourth […]
The Marco Rubio We Remember Is Back
Those of us who were part of the Tea Party movement remember Marco Rubio before the Washington establishment got hold of him. He was one of us—a young, passionate conservative who understood what was happening to America and was willing to speak boldly about it. When Marco went to Washington, there were times we wondered […]
Think Trump Hasn’t Delivered? Read the List Before You Believe the Influencers
I need to confess something. Yesterday, I succumbed to Twitter temptation and challenged a conservative influencer (a new one who recently switched parties) who claimed that low-information voters were getting riled up about the lack of MAGA/MAHA progress. (I won’t name this person because I try not to punch rightwards.) Now, this person didn’t take […]
Today’s alarming story
Not enough to worry about? Don’t worry, government has you covered. In addition to all the other horrors, such as heat islands and food deserts, it turns out that the Sahara Desert is falling on you. Yep, the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) is coming. Actually, it comes every year and it’s here now. About 60 […]