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OP-ED: Keeping the arts in schools is important

In fourth grade, I began preparing for what I thought might be my lifeĢƵ work. Three uncles and my motherĢƵ father had all been musicians. My journey started with a pair of drumsticks given to me by my Aunt Mildred. Within a very short time, I had graduated from lessons at school to private ...

OP-ED: Donald Trump is a desperate front-runner

Social media exposes all of us, but perhaps none more so than the former president of the United States.Donald TrumpĢƵ Truth Social account is a daily advertisement for a sense of political desperation seemingly at odds with his position in a Republican field he currently dominates.Trump, by ...

OP-ED: Before DeSantis, Miami was fun

LetĢƵ be grateful that Ron DeSantis devotes so much of his time raging over drag queens and bragging how he punished Disney for disagreeing with him. An obsessive pursuit of “woke” has kept the Florida governor and apparent presidential candidate from mucking around serious matters. But, ...

Please stop this ‘woke’ nonsense

I suppose “woke” is now a dirty word.For the better part of a century, the word, “woke,” hadn’t harmed anybody.It had long been a bit of African American vernacular which meant alert, or aware of racial and social injustices.ThatĢƵ all.Somehow, folks on the political right, have ...