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mark.young@manateeherald.com I feel like saying, “I told you so,” is about as petty as one can sink. But I told you so. I have been pretty outspoken against Scott Hopes from the time he was initially being appointed as Manatee County Administrator and his ultimate hiring, much to the chagrin of a lot of Republicans…
Without Doak, the American public may have never even been aware that a Chinese spy balloon was meandering across the United States.
The Chinese surveillance balloon that slowly made its way across our country before our Defense Department reacted reminds us that while Vladimir Putin may grab the headlines, our greatest military threat is a resurgent China. Putin blustered and threatened many countries with his military power but he recently overplayed his hand and imitated the Wizard…
Some would call it rock, others a pebble, others a stone and the faux outrage would consume someone to the point of wanting to inflict violence.
Recently, Governor DeSantis exposed an AP African American Studies course that was less about education and more about liberal bias.
mark.young@manateeherald.com We’re not going to see U.S. Marines storming Coquina Beach or the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting into Holmes Beach. But it’s still an invasion as far as I’m concerned. You’ll never catch me saying a bad word about our state representative Will Robinson, but on Anna Maria Island I will respectfully disagree with any…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I was a little surprised when the lone liberal on Fox News’ The Five mentioned Manatee County this week regarding complying with the new Florida law that school districts must ensure reading materials don’t contain the continued moral attack on America. I wasn’t surprised to learn that some of our teachers had attempted to…
Today, we learn from our past but we cannot focus on the past. The nightmare of slavery and discrimination has been defeated but problems persist and they always will. The way to attain the goal of the color-blind society that Dr. King described is not by pouring kerosene on any remaining burning embers of past fires.
mark.young@manateeherald.com Honestly, when it comes to the lunatic left I don’t know why I still get surprised. But surprised I was when I saw that the consistent 40 percent polled who think Joe Biden is doing a good job, also believes that Biden is handling the classified document scandal in a trustworthy manner. Wait, what?…
