Prayer & Polarization

Amid societal polarization, American churches are dedicated July 7th to pray for the country. Polarization has been trending for a long time. Especially in politics, but also in education, religion, economics, race, and more. Even suggesting a place in the lonely middle-of-the-road can spark accusations of compromise and capitulation. Like the North Pole and the South Pole, polarization is about opposites that never meet and can’t even see each other. When it’s summer in the... Read More

Florida approved prescription drug imports. So what happens next?

The Florida Board of Pharmacy Rules Subcommittee will meet June 27 to discuss a new law that would allow Florida to establish a drug-importation program and the “international export pharmacy permits” that will be required to participate. The panel will consider a draft version of an application for the international export pharmacy permits, an agenda for the meeting shows. ... Read More

New law gives $15 million for red tide research

The initiative comes after Florida’s Gulf Coast was inundated by one of the longest recorded algae outbreaks last year. The source of the annual outbreaks in Florida and the Gulf of Mexico is blooms of a single-celled organism called Karenia brevis algae, which produces toxins that kill fish, birds, sea turtles, manatees and dolphins and can cause shellfish poisoning in humans. ... Read More

Democrats heading to Florida for party’s first mega-event of 2020 presidential campaign

A Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday found 59% of Florida Democrats were paying a lot of attention to the presidential campaign. Another 19% said they were paying some attention, 15% a little attention and 6% no attention. A week earlier, a national Quinnipiac poll found 45% of Democrats reported paying a lot of attention to the campaign, 29% some, 18% a little, and 8% none. ... Read More

Warning to unruly students? Florida’s gun-toting teachers can now go Rambo | Fred Grimm

Most of the state’s larger school districts, including Broward and Miami-Dade, opted-out of arming classroom teachers. But among the state’s school districts that opt-in, we’ll see no more lame excuses about missing homework. No more vaping in the boys’ room. Stand my ground, in Florida, becomes stand my playground. Junior’s nerdy seventh grade math teacher will morph into a Clint Eastwood persona: “Go ahead. Make my third period.” ... Read More

Summer splash: 26 rooftop bars in South Florida with crazy views, pools and cabanas

Yes, it rests atop a parking garage, but Juvia is deceptively posh. The garage, first off, is designed by Herzog and de Meuron, the same architecture dream-team behind the Perez Art Museum Miami. This 10,000-square-foot penthouse-level restaurant features vertical gardens and wide windows offering picturesque views of South Beach. Go during “sunset hour” (6-8 p.m. daily), and snag pricey cocktails for $9-$11 each. ... Read More

TooJay’s Deli opens July 9 at Dania Pointe; tacos and barbecue next

While other New York-style delis have disappeared through the years, TooJay’s Deli keeps expanding. The popular chain featuring old-school Jewish favorites such as matzo ball soup, knishes, and pastrami and corned beef sandwiches is set to open its 30th Florida location, and sixth in Broward, next month at the Dania Pointe shopping complex in Dania Beach. ... Read More

Bibles Threatened by US Trade War with China, Christian Publishers Warn

HarperCollins, Tyndale, and others warn Trump administration that 25-percent tariff hike will make God’s Word harder to get—and some translations to be discontinued. The next victim of the mounting trade war between the United States and China: God’s Word. Although books have escaped earlier tariff hikes by the Trump administration, the latest proposed round—a 25-percent tariff on $300 billion of Chinese goods—includes Bibles and Christian books. In response,... Read More