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![Columnist Pat Beall writes that a Palm Beach County police union obtained private health information on a Republican challenger to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and then used that information in an attack ad featured in a since-deleted social media post. Columnist Pat Beall writes that a Palm Beach County police union obtained private health information on a Republican challenger to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and then used that information in an attack ad featured in a since-deleted social media post.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/TFL-L-PBA-TweetStart-01-e1723228727311.jpg?w=95)
Police union protects incumbent sheriff by playing hardball in Palm Beach sheriff’s race | Pat Beall
Columnist Pat Beall writes that a Palm Beach County police union obtained private health information on a Republican challenger to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and then used that information in an...
![If Jessica Norton, the mother of a transgender girl who was playing volleyball in violation of the law, "lied," "bullied" and "distorted facts" as her accusers say, she certainly had excellent role models in those very accusers, writes columnist Pat Beall. If Jessica Norton, the mother of a transgender girl who was playing volleyball in violation of the law, "lied," "bullied" and "distorted facts" as her accusers say, she certainly had excellent role models in those very accusers, writes columnist Pat Beall.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tfl-broward-transgender-0730-1.jpg?w=115)
School district and state showed transgender athlete’s mom the way | Pat Beall
If Jessica Norton, the mother of a transgender girl who was playing volleyball in violation of the law, "lied," "bullied" and "distorted facts" as her accusers say, she certainly had...
![Among the many radical changes proposed in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a blueprint for a right-wing presidential administration, is the dismantling of NOAA. Columnist Pat Beall notes that this is maybe a bad idea. Among the many radical changes proposed in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a blueprint for a right-wing presidential administration, is the dismantling of NOAA. Columnist Pat Beall notes that this is maybe a bad idea.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2022/04/22/RNSHUTWCBBENVHHCFTTDXQTAYM.jpg?w=135)
Who needs NOAA when you’ve got Project 2025? | Pat Beall
Among the many radical changes proposed in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a blueprint for a right-wing presidential administration, is the dismantling of NOAA. Columnist Pat Beall notes that this...
![Now that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has given the go-ahead to bring all our nation's secrets out in the open, writes columnist Pat Beall, it's time to drag those documents out of your closet and find a new use for them. Now that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has given the go-ahead to bring all our nation's secrets out in the open, writes columnist Pat Beall, it's time to drag those documents out of your closet and find a new use for them.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Trump_Classified_Documents_60298.jpg?w=132)
What to do with all those classified documents sitting around your house | Pat Beall
Now that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has given the go-ahead to bring all our nation's secrets out in the open, writes columnist Pat Beall, it's time to drag those...
![Has the entire world forgotten a race horse eating oats from the Stanley Cup? Or its place on a strip club stage? Or the baby that peed in it? Outraged hockey fans need to get over themselves, writes columnist Pat Beall. Has the entire world forgotten a race horse eating oats from the Stanley Cup? Or its place on a strip club stage? Or the baby that peed in it? Outraged hockey fans need to get over themselves, writes columnist Pat Beall.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/TFL-L-ELBO-ROOM-10.jpg?w=132)
Panthers’ ocean trip with Stanley Cup horrifies nation’s hockey prudes | Pat Beall
Has the entire world forgotten a race horse eating oats from the Stanley Cup? Or its place on a strip club stage? Or the baby that peed in it? Outraged...
![Columnist Pat Beall writes about the sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein of Palm Beach, who unsuspectingly terrorized young women for years. Columnist Pat Beall writes about the sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein of Palm Beach, who unsuspectingly terrorized young women for years.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jeffrey_Epstein_96769-1-5.jpg?w=132)
When the next Jeffrey Epstein arrives, will we spot him? | Pat Beall
Columnist Pat Beall writes about the sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein of Palm Beach, who unsuspectingly terrorized young women for years.
![Columnist Pat Beall shows how age and wisdom do not necessarily go hand-in-hand. Columnist Pat Beall shows how age and wisdom do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Italy_G7_27374.jpg?w=132)
Young or old, everything is relative | Pat Beall
Columnist Pat Beall shows how age and wisdom do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.
![People like Florida's U.S. senators have an odd way of denying that anyone is coming after contraceptives or IVF and then voting to deny guaranteeing access to contraceptives and IVF, writes columnist Pat Beall. People like Florida's U.S. senators have an odd way of denying that anyone is coming after contraceptives or IVF and then voting to deny guaranteeing access to contraceptives and IVF, writes columnist Pat Beall.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Election_2024_Senate_60025.jpg?w=132)
From the Senate floor to your bedroom, pols hide anti-contraception, anti-IVF agenda | Pat Beall
People like Florida's U.S. senators have an odd way of denying that anyone is coming after contraceptives or IVF and then voting to deny guaranteeing access to contraceptives and IVF,...
![Briefly removed from Google's app store for hate-speech violations, PragerU's "educational" videos, including climate change denial and belittling the horrors of chattel slavery, are welcome in Florida's classrooms, writes columnist Pat Beall. Briefly removed from Google's app store for hate-speech violations, PragerU's "educational" videos, including climate change denial and belittling the horrors of chattel slavery, are welcome in Florida's classrooms, writes columnist Pat Beall.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/columbus.png?w=140)
Florida schools still indoctrinate children — as long as it’s the right kind of indoctrination | Pat Beall
Briefly removed from Google's app store for hate-speech violations, PragerU's "educational" videos, including climate change denial and belittling the horrors of chattel slavery, are welcome in Florida's classrooms, writes columnist...
![Pat Beall is an editorial writer and columnist for the Sun Sentinel, focusing mainly on Palm Beach County issues. Pat Beall is an editorial writer and columnist for the Sun Sentinel, focusing mainly on Palm Beach County issues.](https://www.sun-sentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/02/07/IQQAXM7MNJHTPI7YTENJI4BF64.jpg?w=135)
Palm Beach County ex-cop and cyberstalker has a new life as a Putin toady | Pat Beall
After fleeing to Russia one step ahead of the FBI in 2016, former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Deputy John Mark Dougan has found new life as a Kremlin propagandist.