There is an old saying that all politics is local. In Wilton Manors, politics can sometimes feel even closer than that.

While taking unhurried strokes in the pool, I started asking myself, “Who are you, Brian McNaught?”

A man with a third grader’s intellect says all we need to regulate AI is a smart president. The same guy who will bark “hoax! hoax! hoax!” at climate change while Mar a Lago takes on water now insists that efforts to regulate AI are also a hoax. If Americans listen to this barking clown instead of scientists, engineers, and AI developers, we truly have entered Idiocracy, and we will get the killer robots we deserve.

One of the greatest gifts of South Florida’s entertainment community is the extraordinary talent that surrounds us. Eric Restivo is one of those special performers whose talent, personality and genuine warmth make every room a little brighter.