If Florida had mountains, Bob Graham would deserve the most colossal portrait carved into the state’s version of Mount Rushmore. He was that important – to the state and nation he served as a ...

A half century ago, the Florida Legislature was considered one of the best in the country and the most independent. Today it’s in thrall to special interests and a tight cadre of leaders.

My 20-year friendship with Bob Graham started with a lunch we had towards the end of his U.S. Senate career, when I was just a pup staffer in the Florida House Democratic Office, and him ...