Chan Lowe

Chan Lowe: PB County's "Snitch on your neighbor" program

By Chan Lowe — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:35:00 EDT

One place where liberals and libertarians can find common ground is government intrusion into private lives, and Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s “Violence Prevention Program” has all the earmarks of authoritarian overreach.

Chan Lowe: Obama's scandals II

By Chan Lowe — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:41:00 EDT

Chan Lowe: FAU's Saunders resigns

By Chan Lowe — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:00 EDT

Over the course of my journalistic career, I’ve witnessed a number of good reporters get promoted to management positions because that was the natural next step for them in their careers. Except that it was unnatural because sometimes they turned out to be disasters as editors.

Chan Lowe: Obama's scandals

By Chan Lowe — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:30:00 EDT

The affection that Barack Obama’s supporters feel for him has always been based more on what he is rather than who he is. The first African-American president. The constitutional scholar. The man who dedicated his early career to organizing society’s underdogs for their collective empowerment.

Chan Lowe: Boca to sell naming rights to corporations?

By Chan Lowe — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:02:00 EDT

“She’s so Boca.” “They’re so Boca.” What exactly does this mean? In some ways, the expression’s significance lies in the fact that it even exists in our lexicon. There is no corresponding, “She’s so Deerfield,” or “They’re so Pembroke Pines.”

Chan Lowe: Sequestration cuts back Meals on Wheels

By Chan Lowe — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:32:00 EDT

The analysts had it wrong when they characterized Congress’ reinstatement of funds for air traffic controllers as a selfish act by a group that flies often. No, the appropriation of extra funds for the FAA sailed through both houses and was signed by President Obama for the same reason funds were restored for meat inspections.

Chan Lowe: The Internet sales tax

By Chan Lowe — Tue, 7 May 2013 16:33:00 EDT

This is going to be interesting. Republican dogma unequivocally asserts that taxes stifle free enterprise. But here we have a situation where the imposition of a tax will benefit a segment of the retail universe that is a mainstay of traditional hometown values, and as we all know, hometown folks make themselves heard at Congressional town hall meetings. They also vote in their local district elections, while Jeff Bezos does not.

Chan Lowe: Florida Legislature fails to extend health care for the poor

By Chan Lowe — Mon, 6 May 2013 17:36:00 EDT

I figured out how they manage to look at themselves in the mirror. I’m talking about the Republican legislators up in Tallahassee who adjourned without extending health care to a million or so of Florida’s poor.

Chan Lowe: The Senate background check vote

By Chan Lowe — Fri, 3 May 2013 14:39:00 EDT

It was Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania who indicated that there was another, less savory Senate motive for defeating universal background checks for gun purchases last week.

Chan Lowe: Florida speeds up the death penalty process

By Chan Lowe — Thu, 2 May 2013 16:18:00 EDT

The Florida Legislature has passed a bill called the “Timely Justice Act,” and has sent it up to Gov. Scott for his signature. This piece of legislation is designed to address the frustrations of law-and-order hawks who believe that the death penalty appeals process is too time-consuming and expensive. It would curtail certain appeals, impose deadlines on filing others, and would force the governor to sign death warrants within a certain time limit.