By Patrick Murphy – After the horrific tragedy in Parkland last month, the conversation has quickly and appropriately turned to what our response should be. All sensible Americans agree that we must put an end to the massacres that have invaded our schools, airports, nightclubs, movie theaters, and anywhere else where innocent people gather. Poll […]
By Amy Ellis / FIU News – Former Congressman Patrick Murphy has been named a senior fellow at FIU’s Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, where he will assist the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy with the launch of a new public policy fellowship. The fellowship – expected to begin this fall – will be […]
By Patrick Murphy – On Wednesday — Valentine’s Day — a 19-year-old with clear mental health issues walked into a Broward County high school and killed 17 innocent Floridians. This has happened before. It has happened in Florida — at a nightclub. At a country music concert. At a church. At a school. The victims […]
By Patrick Murphy – Historians have written that among George Washington’s many achievements, one of his longest-lasting was the decision not to run for a third term as president. As the most popular figure of the post-Revolutionary War period, he could have ruled like a king and stayed in office for decades. The peaceful transfer of power Washington […]
