By J.C. Bruce There’s an internet meme showing the state of Michigan in pastel shades of yellow and blue contrasted with Florida in glaring fire-engine red. The images are juxtaposed with mugshots of the governors of the respective states. The idea is to contrast how the Democrat in Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, is doing a superior job of managing the coronavirus […]
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By J.C. Bruce I have been assigned by Tropic Press to write this new periodic dispatch from the Gunshine State, an effort to provide a fair and balanced perspective on news emanating from this subtropical paradise that may seem confusing, confounding, and, perhaps, utterly crazy to outsiders. We’ll begin this unbiased and totally objective report with a look at how […]
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President Biden has promised enough doses for all American adults by this summer. There’s not much even the Defense Production Act can do to deliver doses before then. by Isaac Arnsdorf and Ryan Gabrielson Pro Publica President Joe Biden has ordered enough vaccines to immunize every American against COVID-19, and his administration says it’s using the full force of the federal government to get the […]
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The number of coronavirus cases and fatalities in Florida is at its peak, so what better time to drop restrictions on social distancing and open the beaches back up? What? You don’t see the logic in that? You think we should wait until the number of active cases declines so fewer people are exposed to the deadly communicable disease? Ha! […]
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It’s refreshing to learn that even in the midst of a deadly pandemic where thousands are dying and millions are containing themselves in self-isolation, that some men have not abandoned their sense of priorities. Men who understand what’s truly important, who are willing, ready and able to stand up and be counted, to throw themselves in harm’s way on behalf […]
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Maybe they’ll make a movie about this–Inside the Green Egg, or Deep Bunny, or Easter Bunny Does Bunnell. Bunnell? Yeah, it’s a town just north of Dayton Beach on Florida’s east coast and it’s making headlines for an arrest there this week. Police began receiving calls earlier this month from residents disturbed to find Easter eggs in their mailboxes stuffed […]
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Alexander Strange is marooned in Key West waiting out the pandemic. Here’s his latest report. We start out this edition of The Strange Files with an uplifting little story, not the least bit weird other than the setting is the Florida Keys, the epicenter of strange in America. Tip of the hat to the amazing staff at the Miami Herald, […]
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With toilet paper stripped from grocery store shelves by hoarders, people are left to use alternatives that don’t always flush very well. Florida wastewater treatment plants are reporting that toilet paper alternatives are clogging the system, entangling pumps needed to move sewage—and sometimes breaking them. They caution: Baby wipes, tissues, napkins and paper towels should never be used. So what’s […]
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While we’re all on lockdown, avoiding contact with one another lest we spread or catch what some are calling the “invisible enemy,” I thought I would share this bit of science news about another unseen horror. Here’s the headline from the excellent blog Science Alert: Deadly Parasite Discovered in Chinese Family Shows You Should Never Eat Raw Centipedes We can […]
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