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Matt Walsh
February 24, 2021

Good might come from bad

Vanessa Baugh’s handling of the pop-up vaccine clinic might just be what the Manatee County commissioners needed to get on track.

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Matt Walsh
February 18, 2021

Strife on the SMH board

When a member of the Sarasota Hospital Board challenged the majority, he became persona-non-grata. The board’s response raises curiosity: Is it a board for taxpayers or management?

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By Marc Joffe, Adrian Moore and Vittorio Nastasi
February 10, 2021

Improving and speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations

Government officials should focus on delivering vaccines as quickly as possible to those who want them.

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Matt Walsh
February 3, 2021

HB 35: Bad for Floridians

Florida’s GOP lawmakers say they’re the champions of less government, more transparency and free enterprise. Their actions don’t show it.

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Matt Walsh
January 27, 2021

Leave your state’s misery behind

Will people moving to Florida bring with them the habits and policies of the places they are fleeing?

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Matt Walsh
January 27, 2021

The threat to democracy

The sick irony: The winners are shutting down speech. Now we know who the fascists are.

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By Adrian Moore and Vittorio Nastasi
January 20, 2021

Nursing home reform is needed in response to COVID-19

The evidence indicates that CON laws are counterproductive to the goals of reducing costs and improving quality.

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By Adrian Moore and Vittorio Natasi
January 13, 2021

Florida’s response to COVID-19 could help address the looming physician shortage

Hospital staffing shortages and burnout are cause for concern.

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Matt Walsh
January 6, 2021

We’ll probably never know

For the 74 million who voted for Trump, they want one thing for sure: to know the truth.

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Matt Walsh
December 30, 2020

Word for 2021: Anthem

Taken from Ayn Rand’s 1937 novella, it’s a warning to reject the spread of collectivism and the state and fight for the principles that made the U.S. exceptional.

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Matt Walsh
December 23, 2020

A time to keep our perspective

Caesar Augustus and Herod were all about self-centered status, power and ego. Mary and Joseph were the antithesis: humble, not materially wealthy, ordinary in all appearances. And yet they were extraordinary.

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Matt Walsh
December 16, 2020

Longboat Key has new generation

For the first time in decades, a majority of commissioners will be under age 70. Will that change the town’s path? Meantime, Florida has a post-election challenge: how to keep Florida Florida.