Even Broward voters cringe at Democrats’ resurrection of decades-old busing issue | Fred Grimm

Every spring, the Broward School District would dutifully reconfigure attendance zones and draw up busing plans supposed to desegregate schools. Every fall, two elements conspired to make the process a maddening, inefficacious bureaucratic exercise. Black kids, to their parents’ growing dismay, were bused out of their own neighborhoods and scattered around the county. Most white kids assigned to black neighborhood schools didn’t show up. ... Read More

One-on-One with Jenni Catron on Change Leadership, Part 1

“One of the qualities that I believe distinguishes effective leaders is the ability to see further than others see.” Ed: Jenni, you’ve led change in a lot of different settings including churches, and now your organization continues to help people with change. Tell us a little bit about how you have thought about change in general, and how you apply that in churches specifically. Jenni: Change is a complicated component of leadership. The reality is, many leaders who enter into... Read More

At Boca Burger Battle, South Florida chefs cross spatulas in a comfort-food fight

July 11: Bollywood Indian Night, part of ArtServe’s monthly summer series of Artsea Evenings, includes free Indian bites and a cash bar offering happy hour discounts, Indian dancers, Bollywood movie, live art and a pop-up exhibition, free valet parking, 7-9 p.m., patio of Neomi’s Grill, 18001 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach, ArtServe.org ... Read More

In the Market for Some Interviews: A Recap from Last Week

An overview of my three days on Janet Parshall’s show, ‘In the Market’. Last week, I had the pleasure of guest hosting In the Market with Janet Parshall, a show on the Moody Radio Network. Janet was out of town July 1st through July 3rd, and I was the B team there to help! For those who don’t know about the show, their stated mission is to challenge listeners to examine major news stories and current issues being debated in the marketplace of ideas using the Word of... Read More

Blessed Be the Nukes? Russian Orthodox Recommends End to Ritual for Missiles

A country where the nuclear arsenal has its own patron saint considers a shift to sanctify soldiers rather than weapons of mass destruction. Early one evening in May 2018, days before the annual parade celebrating the Soviet victory in World War II, a convoy of military trucks carrying long-range nuclear weapons trundled to a halt on the Russian capital’s ring road. As police officers stood guard, two Russian Orthodox priests wearing cassocks and holding Bibles climbed out of a vehicle... Read More

Students Gear Up for the New School Year with Art, Debate, Music, and STEM+CS

Thursday, July 11, 2019From building robots to musical performances, debate exhibitions and creative artwork, students are preparing to showcase the skills they learned during the District’s free Applied Learning Institute (ALIgn) Summer Camp. ... Read More

Ask a real estate pro: Can new landlord refuse repairs until I pay another security deposit ?

In most cases, your old landlord would have given the new owner credit and accounting of the deposits at the closing. Your new landlord should have asked for a signed statement, often called an “estoppel” detailing the terms of your lease during the purchase process. Even if your deposits were not transferred to your new landlord, he would still be on the hook for them as if they were. ... Read More