Bombs, Billionaires, and Reality TV: The High Cost of Trump’s Iranian Intervention
—It has become painfully obvious that our recent Iranian bombing campaign landed directly on a cohort of schoolchildren—the latest collateral damage, as Secretary of...
A Bridge Too Far, A Span Too High: FDOT’s Towering Disregard for Longboat Key
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
It was really the classical Greeks who started philosophical paradoxes. You could go all the way back to Heraclitus, but let’s...
Pam Bondi: The implosion of Florida’s rising Star
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
Vapid, soulless, deflective.
But at least Pam Bondi is an age-appropriate victim of Donald Trump and the late Jeffrey Epstein. But here...
Greatest Show on Earth is Sadly a Clown Show in Plan to ‘Vision’ St. Armands Development
STEVE REID
Editor & Publisher
sreid@lbknews.com
It was T.S. Eliot who said the end is where we start. And that is apt for St. Armands Circle, a...
The Case for Funding the Circle Resiliency Plan
S.W AND RICH HERMANSEN
Staff Writers
wine@lbknews.com
Economics does not have an agreed upon solution for problems of who pays taxes and who receives government benefits. Decisions...
New Europe Travel Rules You Can’t Afford to Ignore
Key Opinion
D. Rutledge
Guest Columnist
news@lbknews.com
Planning a trip to Europe soon? There have been several key updates to travel rules for particularly the Schengen Area (29...
A Blueprint for a Fairer Digital Future
Key Opinion
D. Rutledge
Guest Columnist
news@lbknews.com
In an era where information flows faster than ever, the government’s role in shaping public discourse feels increasingly anachronistic—and uneven. For...
Oracle’s TikTok Acquisition: A Bright Future for Security, Innovation and Streaming?
Key Opinion
D. Rutledge
Guest Columnist
news@lbknews.com
In September 2025, Oracle, alongside partners Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz, secured an 80% controlling stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations, with...
Navigating Division: A Turning Point in America’s Low-Grade Civil War
Key Opinion
D. Rutledge
Guest Columnist
news@lbknews.com
In the shadow of recent tragedy, as the nation grapples with the shocking assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a profound...
Renaming Gulf of Mexico Drive a bad idea
Longboat Key resident Barbara C. Woods wrote the following to the Town.
As a full-time and 11-year resident of the Town of Longboat Key, I...