Florida Agenda

By Cliff Dunn “The modern president is America’s shrink, a social worker, our very own national talk show host. He’s also the Supreme Warlord of the Earth.” Gene Healy, “The Cult of the Presidency” President Obama’s historic words last week announcing his support of full marriage equality for gay Americans was as simple as it [...]

By CLIFF DUNN Part 2 of a 2-part Series WILTON MANORS – In the aftermath of his nearly three-hour ordeal with a man whom he says held him against his will in his own apartment, Robert Jacobs, a seeingimpaired part-time resident of Wilton Manors, describes a twilight period of anxiety, confusion, and conflicting emotions which [...]

In the May 3 Agenda (“Wilton Manors Officials Take on Public Enemy Number One: PARKING”), we reported that the Wilton Manors City Commission had entered a “long-term lease with Kids in Distress for three lots located on NE 8 Terr.” The city will actually be leasing one lot from Kids in Distress, purchasing two other [...]

CLIFF DUNN, EDITOR   “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” Oscar Wilde   I have a vivid childhood memory of my mother which had a lasting impact on the man I would become. Like a lot of kids, I had to endure bullies at various times [...]

By CLIFF DUNN “God is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Anonymous My partner and I were watching a movie the other night. I can’t recall which one, or what it was about, but one thing that stood out was the signage. By this, I refer to signs being carried by one side in the [...]

CLIFF DUNN, EDITOR   “Where they have burned books,        they will end in burning human beings.” -Heinrich Heine   Last week, hundreds of thousands of students at thousands of schools across the U.S. participated in the 2012 National Day of Silence, a day established to draw awareness to the evils of bullying and homophobic [...]

By CLIFF DUNN I received a text message last week from a friend with whom I haven’t spoken in years. It was an ultrasound image showing an unborn baby girl. The message that accompanied it conveyed all the joy and happiness that I imagine must have been registered on the sender’s face. “Cliff,” it said, [...]

Your favorite virtue? Honesty. Your favorite qualities in a person. Passion. Honesty. Sense of humor.  Giving. Compassion. Loyalty. Your chief characteristic. Strong and motivated. What you appreciate most in your friends. I love that they accept me for me and know that they are always there if I am in need. Where would you like [...]

By Cliff Dunn Photo: PRESIDENT TAFT (LEFT), ARCHIBALD BUTT (RIGHT) This weekend, Leonardo Di Caprio fans—not all of them teenage girls—and history buffs alike will mark the centennial anniversary of one of the most widely-known and depicted disasters in modern history, the sinking of RMS Titanic. I enjoyed the 1997 James Cameron film: I thought [...]

Your favorite virtue? Honesty.   Your favorite qualities in a person. Honesty, integrity, and a willingness to “give back.” Your chief characteristic. Enthusiasm and a positive outlook.   What you appreciate most in your friends. Their unconditional love.   Where would you like to live? In a villa in Tuscany.   Your main fault. Wearing [...]