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• Chan Lowe: Medical marijuana

  Admittedly, a medical marijuana bill’s chances of being passed by the Florida Legislature this year are about as thin as a leaf of ZigZag rolling paper, but if it does pass, it will be because the most powerful lobby in the state got involved. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: The stomp Jesus incident

  Florida Atlantic University seems to have a talent for getting itself bad publicity. Years ago the outgoing president was given a Corvette by the fundraising arm of the school, there were irregularities found in the whole development process, and heads rolled as a result. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Arming teachers

  The argument that arming teachers improves children’s safety only makes sense if you are being paid by arms manufacturers to promote it. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Jeb Bush vs. Hillary Clinton

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• Chan Lowe: Republicans and Gay Marriage

  As recently as 2004, when the national polling numbers on gay marriage were the reverse of what they are today, the Republican Party did its utmost to place “Defense of Marriage” amendments and propositions on as many state ballots as possible. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Obama in Israel

  The relationship between the American Jewish Community and Israel is so complex, spiritual, emotional and nuanced that no non-Jew can completely comprehend it. A presidential visit to that country is not like a visit to any other place, in terms of the significance it carries for a sizeable and powerful [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Sequestration's upside

  Generally, living under one of the flight paths for Boca Raton Executive Airport isn’t that irritating. It’s relatively quiet during the six months of summer, because that’s when the CEOs go to Jackson Hole and other more hospitable climes to play golf on their shareholders’ dime. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Internet cafes and gambling arcades

  We ran a story today about South Florida seniors complaining that the Legislature is scheming to take all their fun away, even though Internet cafes and gambling arcades flout the law. [...]
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• Chan Lowe: Fort Lauderdale's "Wave" streetcar line

  Why spend millions of dollars on a high-profile streetcar boondoggle for Fort Lauderdale when we already have something in place that does the same thing, only more cheaply and with joie de vivre ? [...]
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• Chan Lowe: NYC large drink ban overturned

  It’s an American thing to ingest whatever you want. I’ll bet the right to do so is in the Constitution someplace, even. Like most Americans, I haven’t read the whole thing, but I can certainly make assumptions, particularly when they favor my argument. [...]
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