(Orlando Sentinel) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would have been 85 years old last week. I have thought about him more this year than in years past. I wonder what he would think about Orlando’s racial topography. Take a look around Orlando and the surrounding...
Have you heard of Namibia? (Orlando Sentinel) On Oct. 18, I departed Orlando for Windhoek, Namibia, in southern Africa, as a U.S. delegate of a government of Namibia-sponsored trade mission. I traveled with Stephen Snively, honorary consul to Namibia for the state of...
(Orlando Sentinel) Why is President Obama provoking war with Syria? It’s not because the U.S. State Department has designated Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979 or because the government of President Bashar Assad is evil or may have used chemical weapons...
(Orlando Sentinel) George Zimmerman’s killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford has sparked national debate on several issues, from racial violence and race relations to the “stand your ground” self-defense law and gun control. The killing of Jordan Davis, an innocent and...
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