The Lawton Chiles Campaign Method
Rummaging through old files and came across an article in the Lakeland Ledger from 1975 describing a Lawton Chiles campaign kickoff at Bartow Civic Center. Featured at the kick off […]
New Writing on Climate Change
The Tampa Bay Times, the top newspaper in Florida and one of the best in the nation, has published my guest column promoting the vital work of the Southeast Florida […]
Time Burnishes the Chiles Legacy
Sick of U.S. politics today? Tired of the daily deceptions, the smallness? Read about real statesmanship. Explore the story of Walkin’ Lawton Chiles, governor and U.S. senator from Florida. He […]
More on Hurricane Andrew
Now that Hurricane Hermine has passed through Florida and the Mid-Atlantic, it’s a good time to reconsider hurricane response policy at the state level. Veteran Florida reporter Bill Cotterell has […]
Artists & Innovators: Ed Chiles, Restaurateur and Community Leader
Welcome to the 7th edition of my new blog series, “Artists & Innovators,” a series of interviews with campaigners, entrepreneurs, artists, and advocates who are solving problems with passion and […]
Advertisement as Art
This kind of advertisement is a glimpse of the real Florida–the land beyond the glossy travel brochures and Disney billboards. A look at the work necessary to carve a living […]
Jeb Bush and Lawton Chiles
Jeb Bush is all over the national press now and, for me, his presidential campaign conjures up memories of my years of research into Lawton Chiles for my book, Walkin’ […]