WATCH DON WINSLOW’S SHORT VIDEO ON FLORIDA’S FAILURE TO STEM COVID

Don Winslow is a succesful author of mystery and thriller novels. He’s also a political activist. Mr. Winslow just released a short video that documents the horrors Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has visited upon his state; Winslow compares DeSantis’s failed anti-science COVID policies to the Vietnam War.  Click here to watch Florida’s Vietnam, by Don […]

THANK THE ORTHODOX RABBI WHO CALLED OUT ANTI-VAXXER CONGREGANT

The Times of Israel, an outstanding and objective English-language paper produced in Israel, reported how an Orthodox rabbi in Israel took to task an vaxxers congregant. My religion has always venerated science and medicine; one of our most venerated historical figures is the philosopher Moses Maimonides. Since the outbreak of COVID, religion in America has all […]

FLORIDA MOURNS THE DESANTIS DEAD, KILLED BY ITS PRO-COVID GOVERNOR

Photo ourtesy of Tampa Bay Times Photo courtesy of Newsweek No author could write a science fiction thriller as frightening as Florida’s current reality. In most plague novels, earnest government officials lead a war against the deadly pathogens, fighting with every ounce of strength to save their constituents from the ravages of a pandemic. Not […]

How to Kill a Florida Lubber: Update

Photo by Stephen Shaiken Note: this post was published almost three years ago, and has been the singular most popular piece on this blog, much to the dismay of the brilliant political and social analysis, not to mention the stunning short stories also on the blog. Since the piece was published, yours truly has developed […]

FREEDOM FOR WRITERS UNDER SIEGE IN FLORIDA

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is at it again. There’s no bastion of freedom of thought and expression he isn’t prepared to assault. Our anti-science governor found time to take on such non-existent problems like transgender girls in sports (never a single problem case in Florida), sanctuary cities (we don’t have any), critical race theory (not […]

TRANSGENDER SCHOOL GIRLS ARE THE LATEST TARGET OF REPUBLICAN HATE

So, if I open a purely private school, don’t take a dime from any government, and decide to allow transgender girls to play on pickup basketball games on the grounds of my private school….does Governor DeSantis send in his Gestapo to arrest me, like he did with that woman who exposed his COVID number lies? […]

MY CITRUS TREES HAVE FLOWERED

Taking a break from writing to admire the beautiful flowers on my citrus trees in Tampa, Florida. I’ll be a better writer for it. (Clockwise from upper left: orange, Persian Lime, Kalamandi, calamansi.)

FLORIDA AG MOODY MUST EXPLAIN HER SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY-SUBVERTING SCAM LAWSUIT

Here’s the e mail I sent to Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R).  I’m not holding my breath waiting for an answer, but should I receive one, I’ll post it. E MAIL TO FLORIDA AG MOODY: As a fellow Floridian, and a fellow member of our state bar, I am trying to find out what possessed you in […]