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Sarasota | Opinion

  • By Jorge Blanco
  • February 20, 2013
Castaway

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates
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  • February 14, 2013
Our View: A contrast in character

Americans should be outraged and hounding Barack Obama relentlessly for his indifferent, disgraceful disdain for the four Americans who died in Benghazi, Libya.

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  • February 14, 2013
Letters to the Editor

Where are the reforms?; A call for action; Crosswalk info needed

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  • February 13, 2013
Castaway

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • February 6, 2013
Castaway

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  • January 31, 2013
Our View: Abolish the system

The cynical view is this: Florida Gov. Rick Scott has turned out to be just like the others - another narcissistic politician who lusts for power and will do whatever it takes to buy votes with payoffs.

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  • January 31, 2013
SIDELINES

Riverview Rams prove victorious on Senior Night; Blazers top Cougars in basketball overtime; Mooney Cougars tame the LWR Mustangs; Thunder's season comes to a close with loss

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 30, 2013
Castaway

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  • Molly Schechter
  • January 24, 2013
My View: Celebrating 40 years of Friendship

Brother William Geenen turned the "Me Decade" into the 'We Decade' for Sarasota area seniors.

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  • January 24, 2013
Our View: Entrepreneurial spirit's alive

Here in Sarasota, Siesta Key specifically, we have proof yet again that, despite all efforts by our governments to squelch free enterprise, Americans still possess an unrelenting entrepreneurial spirit.

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  • By Jorge Blanco
  • January 23, 2013
Castaway

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  • January 17, 2013
Our View: Smoking on the beach

Ask any non-smoker if he or she would favor banning smoking on Sarasota's beaches, or anywhere for that matter, and, of course, he likely would say yes.

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Enjoy this week's Castaway cartoon.
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  • January 16, 2013
Castaway

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    By
  • Roger Drouin
  • January 9, 2013
Sarasota man charged with multiple burglaries

Nine burglaries took place primarily west of I-75 over the past two weeks.

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  • January 9, 2013
Our View: Buchanan's biggest test

It would not be fun standing in Congressman Vern Buchanan's shoes. At least not for us.

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