Lawton Chiles Story on French TV
Enjoy this new French TV episode on Lawton Chiles’s famous 1,000-mile walk across Florida, now at its 50th anniversary. In February, a French reporter contacted me about covering Chiles for […]
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 […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Should Partner with Parkland Teens
The Palm Beach Post published my editorial on how Gov. Scott should stand up for Parkland teens and partner with them to move gun reform forward. He can take a […]
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 […]
Chaos Theory of Business
When I researched Walkin’ Lawton, I found that Gov. Lawton Chiles’ first years in government were chaotic. Too many cooks in the kitchen. It was only when a new chief […]
Buckwheat Zydeco
Buckwheat means a lot to me. I saw him twice in Annapolis and I was so inspired that I included him in the preface to my bio on Lawton Chiles. […]
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 […]
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’ […]
Is Chiles’ Walk Possible Today?
When I was on book tour, people asked me if Lawton Chiles’ walk across Florida would be possible today. More than ever, I say yes. This presidential election, craving for […]