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  • January 7, 2011
Scott's first bold act: Drop high-speed rail funding

Congratulations to our new governor, businessman/entrepreneur Rick Scott. As of Wednesday morning, the bigger test than getting elected has begun.

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  • July 16, 2010
Here's our chance: Elect business competence

The media and Bill McCollum are pounding on Rick Scott's Medicare record. But the totality of his record clearly puts him on top.

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  • May 6, 2010
Jobs bill same ol', same ol': subsidies

Maybe it's our cynical nature, but SB 1752 blows.

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  • April 23, 2010
McCollum plan checks Right boxes

But McCollum's jobs plan devotes too much to pabulum and too little to details.

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  • April 1, 2010
Sink's business plan: fiddling in the margins

Alex Sink's business plan will not get her elected governor.

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  • March 25, 2010
Commercial real estate echoes ag's collapse

But community bankers say the regulators are unbending today.

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  • March 12, 2010
Personal guarantors seeking relief

None of us needs more economic doom and gloom. It's spring. There's a recovery under way (supposedly). Let's move on. Don't tell you what you know (it's still blah out there). Tell you something you don't know. And hopefully, it's good news.

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  • January 14, 2010
Bush record overstated

I enjoyed your essay on the “Road to Prosperity.” However, you might have overstated just a tad a few points concerning George Bush.

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  • January 14, 2010
Marketplace of Ideas: How much is too much?

The vices and virtues of limiting executive compensation. But government limitation busts American tradition.

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  • Matt Walsh
  • December 31, 2009
History shows how to get on 'The Road to Prosperity'

Good riddance 2009.

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  • November 12, 2009
Election time: Crist changes his tune; don't buy the pitch

Don't buy it. Please don't buy it.

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  • George Rauch
  • October 29, 2009
It's unavoidable: Gold to go up, up, up

When you combine all the factors that affect the price of gold, you can't reach any other conclusion: The price will continue to rise.

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  • September 8, 2009
Review & Comment

Health-care future: Just look at USPS,

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  • August 24, 2009
Marketplace of ideas

High-speed rail fails as a jobs program

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  • August 7, 2009
Crist vs.Rubio: It's celluloid vs. substance

Real Republicans in Florida, especially those big-money business people who helped finance Charlie Crist's march to the governorship four years ago, have a serious dilemma.

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