Matt Walsh | Staff | Your Observer

Matt Walsh is the CEO and founder of Observer Media Group.

Recent Stories

April 24, 2024

An attack on religion?

A new Biden rule on immigration is forcing thousands of foreign-born clergy to leave their churches, temples and synagogues.

April 18, 2024

1943 wisdom shows how things don’t change

"The God of the Machine," written by Isabel Paterson in 1943, certainly could help save the United States today. Everything she wrote then is still relevant now.

April 11, 2024

Will Florida go to pot?

Floridians likely will vote to legalize pot. Arguments on each side are persuasive.

April 10, 2024

It’s a difference of opinion

We all want what is best for the taxpayers of Longboat Key. Longboat history shows two cases of how that was done.

March 28, 2024

Elections: Liberty, slavery?

The candidates’ political philosophies matter. Are they capitalists or statists?

March 27, 2024

It was always a done deal

Longboat residents didn’t really have a say about the Town Center Green. Town commissioners decided it would be a library.

March 21, 2024

Rule of laws: Always grow

To stop a few vacation rental bad actors, city commissioners adopted new ordinances that have spawned a new bureaucracy. This is America: Collectivist laws that snuff out individual liberty.

March 20, 2024

A tough, 50-year decision

No matter what, the commissioners are intent on moving forward as quickly as possible with the construction of an 8,000-square-foot public library branch on Town Center Green.

March 13, 2024

Biden’s fantasia vs. Florida’s fiscal responsibleness

What a contrast — the Biden proposed budget and the historical federal deficits versus the Florida budget for 2024-2025.

March 7, 2024

New College plan makes no sense for taxpayers

New College of Florida’s new president, Richard Corcoran, and the DeSantis board appointees have an ambitious plan. But when you analyze the economics, you can’t justify the $400 million-plus cost to taxpayers.