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Matt Walsh
April 5, 2023

DeSantis’ weapon: The law

No Florida governor in the past 50 years has wielded as much power and used the law the way Gov. DeSantis has. It’s all about the ‘BHAGs.’

Sarasota
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Matt Walsh
March 30, 2023

Are we the Byzantines?

Nowhere is it foreordained that America has a birthright to remain the world’s preeminent civilization. We should take heed from all of the parallels that led to the fall of the Byzantine empire.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
March 23, 2023

Part II: ‘Courage to Be Free’

The more you read Gov. DeSantis book, the more convinced you become that it is his way of giving voters a quick-read of from where he came; his principles; and that he wants to be in the White House.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
March 16, 2023

Three Floridians want to be president. Timing and circumstances appear to be working against one. Another is up to his usual insults. The third has the courage, but does he have the will to bear it all?

Sarasota
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By Tramm Hudson
March 13, 2023

Attacks on SMH unfounded, reprehensible

Out-of-town agitators are using deceitful, defamatory and violent verbal abuse to seed distrust in Sarasota Memorial. Our community should not tolerate such ugly bullying.

Sarasota
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By Adrian Moore and Jacob James Rich
March 9, 2023

Designating fentanyl as a WMD would increase overdoses

Cracking down on drugs often has an unintended effect: The creation of more potent, and lethal, replacements.

Sarasota
Opinion

By Guest
March 2, 2023

Letter to the Editor: Quay is circumventing city rules

A former city commissioner and Planning Board chair responds to the Quay project.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
March 1, 2023

For SMH, context matters

All things considered, in the fog of the crisis, Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s handling of COVID was exemplary — except in one area.

Sarasota
Opinion

Emily Walsh
February 22, 2023

Mind the mental health gap

Nearly two years after forming a mental health district, the Sarasota County Commission has yet to distribute $8 million in funding. Now Commissioner Mike Moran wants to restructure the process — and what services get funded.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
February 15, 2023

No longer inexpensive

Housing costs (and government) have made Florida expensive. A great reason to fix policies.

Longboat Key
Opinion

Matt Walsh
February 9, 2023

The War of Education

The inevitable has been exposed: State-controlled, taxpayer-funded education doesn’t work. The power needs to shift from politicians to parents.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
February 2, 2023

Declare fentanyl a WMD

President Joe Biden’s ineptness at stopping fentanyl from China and Mexico has fueled Florida’s fentanyl death toll — second highest in the U.S. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody makes a case for decisive action.

Sarasota
Opinion

Matt Walsh
January 25, 2023

What is ‘effective’ notice?

Florida’s Republican lawmakers hate the daily newspapers and for 25 years have sought to end laws requiring public notices in newspapers. Their answer: Let government control public notice. Ha!

Longboat Key
Opinion

Matt Walsh
January 18, 2023

Do or die for New College

With his recent appointments to the New College board, Gov. DeSantis has put the school on notice that it can no longer do what it has been doing. There is a better strategy for the future.

Sarasota
Opinion

By Adrian Moore, Geoffrey Lawrence
January 11, 2023

Nikki Fried is right to sue for medical marijuana patients’ gun rights

Although federal law prohibits marijuana use, it doesn’t give it grounds to discriminate against marijuana users.

Sarasota
Opinion

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DeSantis’ weapon: The law

Are we the Byzantines?

Part II: ‘Courage to Be Free’

Our presidential contenders

Attacks on SMH unfounded, reprehensible

Designating fentanyl as a WMD would increase overdoses

Letter to the Editor: Quay is circumventing city rules

For SMH, context matters

Mind the mental health gap

No longer inexpensive

The War of Education

Declare fentanyl a WMD

What is ‘effective’ notice?

Do or die for New College

Nikki Fried is right to sue for medical marijuana patients’ gun rights

Sarasota artist plans to create series of 50 American flags

Coffee cart brews up downtown food truck expansion proposal

Sarasota County still awaits $225M in FEMA, state disaster funds

City to repair damaged streetlights on Lido Key

Meadows Golf Club hunts a hole-in-one

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