Bob McKnight

President Trump recently remarked in front of multiple confirming sources that the White House was a "Dump." He, of course, denied it. He lies and we know it. He said the same thing about historic Camp David, the location of many critical world negotiations by our Presidents. Maybe some readers of this Commentary feel I should stay focused on major issues. I am not sure. This post may be more telling about the man. A major part of the Trump base are proud Americans that

Readers of my book, The Golden Years of the Florida Legislature, will recall my disclosure of my secret mentor, Republican Senator Jerry Thomas (R. Jupiter). Since I was a Miami Democrat, no one even suspected a political relationship between us. One of the lessons I learned from the Senator was that laws are hard to make. He added that is good. Lawmaking is very serious and the process of making, reviewing or killing them should be thorough and well studied. In my opini