The Sarasota City Commission took the bold step to commit to funding 50% of a new performing arts hall. It better focus next on public support.

All of our governments are spending unthinkable amounts of money. After Colorado limited spending to population and CPI growth, wild government spending stopped, and Colorado’s economy flourished.

Sarasota and internationally known artist Jorge Blanco has returned to the Observer opinion page by way of his clever little character The Castaway.

Weekly newspapers are being shuttered by hedge fund owners. We’re long from being gone at the Observer Media Group.

Joe Biden says he is sick of being blamed for inflation. Well, Americans are sick of being lied to. Our government is always the cause of inflation.

House Bill 9 would likely reduce consumers’ access to platforms and drive companies to change business models or create a paid category of social media.

As we watch the death and destruction in Ukraine, Putin’s invasion should wake us up to the decline in the strength and readiness of the United States.