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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

With King James left watching from his medical bed and Superman laughing all the way to the STAPLES Center, the Department of Darts & Laurels offers Gainesville's faux Orlando Magic fans a hearty congratulations on reaching the NBA Finals.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Steps must be taken to remedy economy

Politicians and the business press are looking for signs that the economic crisis is over, and we'll soon be back on track. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks of "green shoots" of recovery. President Barack Obama sees "glimmers of hope."


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THE AVENUE  |  SEX

‘We’re all a little gay’

Pseudo-homos - ones that proclaim to be straight, but have had at least one homosexual experience. If you ask them about an outer-hetero experience, they will admit to it, but soon after comes an "I'm not gay" or "I was just curious," or "I was so drunk."


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

No way to rationalize political ignorance

Recently, I read a letter to the editor of my hometown newspaper. The author had worked himself into a tizzy over President Barack Obama and the entire democratic leadership in Washington and their push for universal health care. He declared that any attempt at a universal health care system was an attempt at socialism and should be protested with equal zeal as one would protest Stalin's Red Army coming down the road.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

GOP efforts to block Sotomayor reflect tired politics

Perhaps you've been too immersed in one more summer of undergraduate bliss before facing that life-defining LSAT or MCAT this fall. Or perhaps you've been debating the merits of Kobe Bryant's legacy if he fails to win a title without Shaq, or why all Hollywood seems to do now is remake old films instead of write new ones, to notice. If so, you are missing a show far more embarrassing than Kris Allen winning American Idol. This show is the hapless efforts of conservative activists to paint President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a liberal ideologue unfit for service. With figures such as Rush Limbaugh admitting the chances of stopping her nomination are minimal, the question must be asked: Why the rabid opposition in the first place?


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NEWS

Correction

A headline in Tuesday's Alligator incorrectly identified Sonia Sotomayor as President Obama's U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee.



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