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Opinion

    By
  • Frank Knautz
  • December 14, 2012
Is there a future for community banks?

After the recession caused multiple community bank failures, local banks face continued challenges as they try to rebound.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 2, 2012
Probe of Citizens should be widened

Total transparency appears to be missing at Citizens Property Insurance. The governor should investigate Citizens' closing of its Office of Corporate Integrity.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2012
Double Barrel: The Debt Bomb and Bernanke

No one knows exactly when, but every day Congress and the president don't CUT spending meaningfully.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2012
Tampa Prep isn't the only STEM-smart program

Many similar techniques and technologies are already transforming the way students learn science and math in Sarasota and Charlotte counties' public schools.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 31, 2012
Keep speaking your mind

Thank you for adding comments from DH Landmark Engineering.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2012
Kudos for sticking up for your editorials

The "You didn't build that" statement could have been explained in a better way.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 17, 2012
Thank you for your dedication to capitalism

The comment by the President of the United States was the most offensive yet - and people are spinning to defend it.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 10, 2012
We want to know about business, not politics

Perhaps you might try to lower the incitement of our uncivil political discourse in this country.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Christie Herrera
  • August 10, 2012
Marketplace of Ideas: Two myths about ObamaCare and small business

There's been a lot of discussion lately among media pundits over Gov. Rick Scott's claims that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare, will raise health care costs and hurt the economy.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • July 27, 2012
It's cast in bronze: Obama rejects who we are

It is still a stinging welt, the day-after effect of a nasty wasp sting. That would be the now-infamous remark from Barack Obama.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 27, 2012
Marketplace of Ideas: I Had Help; Not from Uncle Sam

I was taken aback by President Obama's recent remark, “If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 6, 2012
Marketplace of Ideas: Free Market for Higher Education

The current system taxes to subsidize public higher education, which results in a poor investment for all.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • April 26, 2012
What is your 'fair share'? Obama thinks he knows best

One issue has business' attention: talk about “the rich” paying “their fair share.”

  • Opinion
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 30, 2012
Marketplace of Ideas: The Purpose of Government

The fundamental principle to maintain a free republic is the moral truth that the only proper purpose of government is to protect individual rights.

  • Opinion
    By
  • Matt Walsh
  • January 27, 2012
In the end, the choice comes down to character

This is a tough decision for Florida Republicans. Many are looking for an epiphany before Tuesday's primary.

  • Opinion
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