Intersection: How pro-gay marriage Obama will play out in Florida

Vice President Joe Biden’s recent statement that he is “absolutely comfortable” with gay married couples having the same rights as heterosexual married couples was no accident, 90.7 political commentator Lou Frey says.  Frey and 90.7 political commentator Dick Batchelor discuss Biden’s statement, which led to President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage, this week on [...]

Intersection: New competition for public schools

For the first time public schools face strong competition from charter schools, private schools and homeschooling, says Walt Griffin, Seminole County’s incoming schools superintendent. “We have never had to really market and sell our schools, but I think that we are going to be moving into a situation where we have to make sure the public [...]

Intersection: What’s next for Trayvon Martin movement?

Trayvon Martin’s death inspired a nationwide movement calling for the arrest of his shooter, Sanford neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Now that Zimmerman has been arrested, what will become of that movement? This week on Intersection 90.7′s Mark Simpson talks with Orlando Sentinel columnist Beth Kassab about the case of the 17-year-old shot to death while out [...]

Intersection: Hispanic influence in the November elections

Democrats and Republicans are reaching out to Hispanics during this election year, but it’s no easy task, says Luis Martinez-Fernandez, professor of history at the University of Central Florida. This week on Intersection 90.7′s Mark Simpson talks with Martinez-Fernandez and the Rev. Nino Gonzalez of Orlando’s Iglesia El Calvario, the state’s second-largest Hispanic megachurch, about [...]

Intersection: Why democracy shouldn’t work, and why it does

During an election year, you might be wondering, how is it that democracy works as well as it does? That is the subject of the new book, “Democracy Despite Itself: Why a System that Shouldn’t Work at all Works So Well,” by Danny Oppenheimer and Mike Edwards. Oppenheimer discusses the book this week on Intersection. [...]

Intersection: 90.7 political commentators Dick and Lou

Florida lawmakers are toughening school standards at a time when school funding is down, 90.7 political commentator Dick Batchelor says. Batchelor, a former Democratic state representative, appears this week on Intersection with 90.7 political commentator Lou Frey, a former Republican congressman, for their monthly political segment. Batchelor and Frey discuss the final days of the [...]

Intersection: Former CIA Director Porter Goss

It’s possible President Barack Obama made the United States less safe by announcing to the world Osama bin Laden’s death, former CIA Director Porter Goss says.  Goss served as CIA director from 2004 to 2006. This week on Intersection he says the United States’ mission in Pakistan that took out bin Laden in May 2011 [...]

Intersection: A Democrat among Republicans

If Charlie Crist wants to be a Democrat he should consider Democrats might not want him, Rep. Scott Randolph says. Randolph is a rising star among Democrats in a state dominated by Republicans. He is a state representative from Orlando and chairman of the Orange County Democratic Party. He appears this week on Intersection to [...]

Intersection: The Tuskegee Airmen’s legacy

The Tuskegee Airmen were the nation’s first black military aviators. They defended the country during World War II, when the military and federal government still were segregated and Jim Crow laws existed in many states. Two Tuskegee Airmen are this week’s guests on Intersection. George Hardy, who flew combat missions in Germany, Korea and Vietnam, explains [...]

Intersection: Sen. Mike Fasano on privatizing prisons

Florida leaders should study the economic impacts before privatizing prisons in 18 South Florida counties, state Sen. Mike Fasano says. Fasano was fired as chairman of a state budget subcommittee for opposing a GOP plan to privatize prisons. He discussed his ouster by Senate President Mike Haridopolos this week on Intersection. The New Port Richey Republican supports [...]