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mark.young@manateeherald.com As I spend some of my 58th birthday with you, I have decided to share something that only the closest people around me have known about. I consider those of you who take the time to spend these visits with me, as among my dearest friends and loved ones. That’s just how much I…
Religious zealots never let facts get in the way of what they believe. These zealots have a certain dogma which guides their life and they choose to follow it no matter what the cost. Most of the time this behavior only affects their own life. Sometimes when they attempt to force their beliefs on others…
Kevin Van Ostenbridge( affectionately known as KVO) has set a record for money raised in a Manatee County Commission campaign. KVO was elected in November of 2020 and represents District 3 which includes West Bradenton, Terra Ceia, Snead Island, Cortez and our barrier islands. KVO hit the ground running in 2020 and has not slowed…
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the race-based college admissions policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University are not constitutional. The Court determined that the policies of these schools violated the 14th Amendment. For years these schools denied admission to Asians who had much higher test scores in favor of minority students….
New York has been taken over by leftist Democrats who allow men in their underwear to walk down the street while twerking in front of children. These leftists mock Christians as they simulate anal sex on the sidewalks. The Democrats who run the City of New York smile and say this behavior is normal. If…
College campuses have evolved into leftist communes because the business community has been too busy growing their businesses and not focused on what has been taught in the classrooms. George Bernard Shaw famously said: “Those that can do; those that can’t, teach.” Universities have become a landing place for leftist ideologues who hate the free…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I hope everyone who is choosing to use a male pronoun had a great birthing parent day on Sunday. Although I’m not sure the father is really a birthing parent. Wouldn’t we be more of a birthing depositor? We really don’t do much when it comes to having kids. I give women all the…
Whatever happened to fair play in America? Whatever happened to rooting for the underdog? Whatever happened to women’s lib and giving women a chance to succeed? For years the Democrat party called for treating women fairly and investing an equal amount of money in women’s sports as was invested in men’s sports. Today, however, we…
Life in our part of Florida has changed dramatically in the last four years. “Growth on steroids” is a phrase used to describe the surge of Americans relocating to our part of the country. We are dealing with more traffic jams and longer waits for appointments with physicians. We have often discussed the driving forces…
