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By Rick Boettger This is the easiest sure-thing prediction ever.  They’ll win based on Republicans not showing up to vote.  Look at the numbers in …

ONE MORE HYMN BEFORE WE DIE By ROGER C. KOSTMAYER Most Americans believe that “While Israel continues its barbaric genocide, committing ever more unspeakably cruel …

What Is a Political “Centrist”? By Rick Boettger A top Democrat just blew off people like me, the “Independents,” “Centrists,” or whatever you want to …

Participation Trophy! By Rick Boettger I just got my first one, for playing in a small chess tournament at the public library on Fleming.  I …

Bootleggers and Pirates By Rick Boettger Longtime local and Hemingway First Novel Award winner Rick Skwiot has retreated up north as so many of us …

Sign Guy deBoer’s Statement! By Rick Boettger Konk Life’s founder and Publisher wrote a strong political statement of conscience Thursday, July 10th.  If you didn’t …

This Is Where I Stand (A Statement of Conscience and Solidarity) I will not be drawn into debate over this post. I am fully aware …

Dems, Past and Future By Rick Boettger The future first, since they still have bright hopes. In the last 80 years, the President on average …

New Hope for the Dems By Rick Boettger It’s shockingly simple: Dems can keep all of their liberal/progressive principles, if only they just dump their …

Our “National Debt” Fiasco By Rick Bottger The “fiasco” is not the bogeyman itself, but the righteously exclaimed horrified belief in it.  And bogeyman it …

Why Did Biden and Trump Lie? By Rick Boettger Easy: for the same reason most successful politicians do–if they lie, they win, and if they …

Coral Rescue Efforts Underway After Vessel Groundings in Upper Keys By Guy deBoer UPPER FLORIDA KEYS – Recent vessel groundings in the Upper Florida Keys have caused …

Key West Official Faces New Felony Fraud Charge Amid Expanding Corruption Probe By Guy deBoer KEY WEST, FL – The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday, …

By Guy deBoer FLORIDA BAY, Fla.  – As Florida grapples with ongoing drought conditions, environmental scientists and policymakers are intensifying efforts to restore the Everglades and safeguard Florida …

New Reverse Osmosis Plant Enhances Water Resilience in Key West By Guy deBoer KEY WEST, Fla. – In a significant stride toward bolstering the Florida Keys’ infrastructure …

Music and Dance Extravaganza! By Rick Boettger A real one* sold out for two months at The Little Jazz Room, arguably the performance hit of …

Tradition Meets Turbulence: The Florida Keys’ Historic Crustacean Fisheries Face Modern Challenges   By Guy deBoer   Key West – For generations, the waters surrounding the …

The Affordable Housing Crisis Intensifies in the Florida Keys Villages   By Guy deBoer ISLAMORADA, Fla. — The Florida Keys’ picturesque villages, including Islamorada, Marathon, and …

The Resistance: Progress Report By Rick Boettger Last week I scored Trump, today, the other side.  They are The Resistance, fiercely against all things Trump, …

Restoring the River of Grass: Everglades Projects Gain Momentum with Record Funding By Guy deBoer April 21, 2025 The Everglades, often referred to as the …