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  1. In Florida, the Ruby Bridges movie is not the problem | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    "The Problem We All Live With" is a 1964 painting by Norman Rockwell. It depicts Ruby Bridges, a 6-year-old African American girl, on her way into an all-white public school in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 1960, during the process of racial desegregation. Because of threats and violence against her, she is escorted by four deputy U.S. marshals.
  2. Here’s praise for a Florida public school teacher who tells the truth | Letters
    Mar. 30• Opinion
    Readers praise high school teacher Chris Fulton for his column.
  3. In a Florida full of guns, here’s how to drive defensively | Letters
    Mar. 29• Opinion
    How many of these Florida drivers do you think were packing?
  5. The Bible is full of ‘woke ideology,’ sex and violence. Ban it, too? | Letters
    Mar. 28• Opinion
    A letter writer suggests another famous book that schools should ban, and it's not the Toni Morrison novel "The Bluest Eye."
  6. ‘Unproven, theoretical or exploratory content’ - doesn’t that describe the Bible? | Letters
    Mar. 27• Opinion
    The Legislature has targeted any "courses in higher education that are “based on unproven, theoretical or exploratory content." A reader asks: Does that mean banning any classes that include discussion of the Bible?
  7. I’m already tired of the Trump-DeSantis soap opera | Letters
    Mar. 26• Opinion
    President Donald Trump talks to Gov. Ron DeSantis during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point in 2019.
  8. Florida’s property insurance crisis is over! Really, it is. | Letters
    Mar. 25• Opinion
    Pat Ton, holding his dog Ginger, takes in the damage to homes and businesses on Third Street at Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian struck in September.
  9. If Gov. DeSantis is so bad, why are so many people moving to Florida? | Letters
    Mar. 24• Opinion
    A photograph taken by astronaut Reid Wiseman shows Florida and the gulf coast all the way west to Louisiana.
  10. Florida pets deserve access to telemedicine | Letters
    Mar. 23• Opinion
    Bills have been filed in the Florida House and Senate that would open the way for widespread telemedicine for pets.
  11. How much more will lawmakers give away to Florida insurance companies? | Letters
    Mar. 22• Opinion
    A recent bill in the Florida Legislature would make it harder to sue insurance companies.
  12. I may be no ‘expert,’ but I know something about teaching | Letters
    Mar. 21• Opinion
    A letter writer writes that, "I have watched a profession I love lose bright, talented people because of low pay, low morale and constant degradation by elected officials."
  13. Stop suspending driver’s license for non-payment of fines | Letters
    Mar. 20• Opinion
    Suspending driver’s licenses due to unpaid fines needs to stop, one letter writer says. Another letter writer disagrees.
  14. I’m glad my 3 kids went to college in Florida before Gov. DeSantis intervened | Letters
    Mar. 19• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Legislature are changing the nature of higher education in Florida.
  15. Gov. DeSantis’ degradation of universities is breaking my contract with Florida Prepaid | Letters
    Mar. 18• Opinion
    Graduates stand at the beginning of a USF commencement ceremony.
  16. If students can’t choose their pronoun, perhaps they should be assigned a number | Letters
    Mar. 17• Opinion
    A Pride flag billows in the wind as students go to join a protest at Gaither High School in Tampa last year against the Parental Rights in Education Act, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill. This week, a Florida House panel backed a proposal that would expand the law barring instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades and restrict the way students and teachers can use their preferred pronouns in schools.
  17. The U.S. can take care of business at home and still aid Ukraine | Letters
    Mar. 16• Opinion
    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 21, 2022.
  18. On Florida property insurance, we’ve just ensured even more problems | Letters
    Mar. 15• Opinion
    A downed stop sign rests on a fence on the corner of Lagoon and Tarpon roads in Fort Myers Beach, next to items like a pinball machine and appliances in October 2022. The items were among tons of debris left behind in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which hit the area as a Category 4 storm a month earlier.
  19. Why aren’t Florida homeowners getting covered for Hurricane Ian damage? | Letters
    Mar. 14• Opinion
    Debris surrounds damaged homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach last September.
  20. The pressing issue of later Florida high school start times can wait until 2026? | Letters
    Mar. 13• Opinion
    Largo High School freshman Ian Demilo navigates his predawn pickup. A bill before the Legislature would ban high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. as of the 2026 school year.
  21. More guns won’t make us safer in Florida | Letters
    Mar. 12• Opinion
    Florida's GOP legislators will be debating a bill to allow permitless carry of concealed weapons.
  22. Plan to close St. Pete’s Albert Whitted Airport won’t fly | Letters
    Mar. 11• Opinion
    IndyCars round turn one in front of Albert Whitted Airport at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
  23. Gov. DeSantis shows us how elections really have consequences | Letters
    Mar. 10• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mason, Madison, Casey DeSantis and Mamie wave to the crowd during an inauguration ceremony at the historic Florida Capitol on Jan. 3 in Tallahassee.
  24. What does low turnout say about politics in Florida? | Letters
    Mar. 9• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about his new book, "The Courage to Be Free," at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5 in Simi Valley, California.
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