EDITORIAL: Hey, Mainstream Media, Time to Wake up!

What First Amendment defenders feared when it became clear that newspapers and local television stations would run with skeleton news crews — that politicians could wrestle back some of the press’ freedoms — is happening in Palm Beach County. Right underneath the noses of...

OPINION: Time to Send Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Packing!

I don’t believe that Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw is a bad guy. I don’t believe he’s a thief, as banners flying high above Palm Beach County these days claim. And I believe he’s running a tight ship in trying times of terrorism, budget cuts and anti-government...

EDITORIAL — Quitter State Attorney Michael McAuliffe’s Big Decision: The Rest of The Story

The mainstream press did a dismal job covering Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe‘s decision to abandon his reelection effort, supposedly, allegedly, for a job in the private sector. There’s been no perspective offered. No explaining. No questioning. Oh, McAuliffe’s...

OPINION: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Answers in West Palm Beach/Redemptive Life $candal!

Watching elected West Palm Beach officials squirm over the latest scandal has been entertaining. And telling about the local politics of race. On Dec. 2, Gossip Extra broke the story that the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was investigating the handling of HUD...

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!

From song-bird Beyonce via drag queen RuPaul, through nascent Gossip Extra, to all readers: Have a merry, merry Christmas...

OPINION: The Palm Beach Post’s Consultant is a Dud!

When The Palm Beach Post was forced by its owners in Atlanta to hire a California readership consultant in 2008, the goal was for the consultant, Frank N. Magid Associates Inc., to tell a staff with plenty experience how to slow down a decline in readership. Three years later, the Post is selling nearly...