I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

Nasty is the new normal in Florida. Politics here is very gutterlike. It's like a very bad reality TV show that still gets very high ratings.

It can be difficult to run your own firm, but the trade off is fewer conflicts and more control.

At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?

Food, " I suggested. "Sleep. That's what I need. To get the hell away from here."Cole frowned at me, as if I'd suggested "ducks" and "yoga".

Everybody likes a compliment.

This is the only leadership life I get, my one and only shot at following God the way I feel him prompting me to do so. This isn't some pre-game warm-up. It's the game, and the clock is ticking!

The things we worry about the most are the hints we trust God with the least.

I got more publicity for not doing a festival than for doing the festival.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.

the distinction between 'prejudice' and 'principle' is itself a matter of prejudice.

Liberal dominance of important areas of America's social and political life has undermined many of the virtues that have sustained this country.

The May-pole is up, Now give me the cup; I'll drink to the garlands around it; But first unto those Whose hands did compose The glory of flowers that crown'd it.

It becomes part of a person's second nature; he belongs to the church, like he belongs to his family, and he does not quit his family because someone in it turns out to be a rascal.