I would like to address a gender inequality that has vexed me greatly the past two weeks. Both Tropical Storm Isaac and the general rainy nature of Florida have characterized the beginning of classes by a stoic low-energy conflict with nature.
I really hate getting sucker-punched. I am constantly being enticed by all sorts of titillating bait, only to get gut-checked by an entirely different reality.
Welcome back! In honor of the fresh and new theme of back-to-school season, I say we bury the idea of the acronym “YOLO” (you only live once), and choose to embody another expression by famed rapper Drake.
A long time ago, when I was a weaker man, a “friend” of mine hosted a party and had the gall to charge everyone who went a cover. Not a suggested donation to cover party expenses; straight-up cover.
While everyone is in a tizzy about Brent Pease bringing exotic shifts and new formations to the Gators offense, we here at alligatorSports understand the value of keeping things simple.
Florida's quarterback competition is silly. In fact, the ongoing saga has provided the most ridiculous story coming out of the Gators' fall camp.
Joe: When I left the theater after watching “Moneyball” last October, I was relieved. As a long-time baseball fan in my 20s, I have searched for the perfect baseball movie for adults. I love classics like “Major League,” “Rookie of the Year” and — of course — “The Sandlot”. However, I have struggled to find baseball movies that transcend the comedy genre. Humor sprinkled into plot here and there is encouraged, but it should be backed by compelling and relatable drama. In “Moneyball,” Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is fighting for his career. The Oakland A’s did not have the financial means to compete in 2002, and in the film, Beane was desperate to keep his job and stay close to his daughter. Each of us can relate to the desire to take a bold risk — some of us actually have — and the movie connects with its audience in an intimate fashion. Also, seeing the inner workings of a baseball front office is pretty awesome, if you ask me.
This Chick-fil-A debate has been around longer than the past month; the company’s policies are no secret.
It’s been a little more than 40 years since the unofficial end of the Civil Rights movement. Today, many believe that the victories won between 1954 and 1968 have stood the test of time and that a society of equality has flourished and taken ground.
Now that headlines are filling up with support for equal rights, hate for fried chicken and blogs with “gays should be loved, too” cries, there’s a matter surrounding homosexuality I’d like to address.
Michael Phelps may not be the world’s best swimmer anymore, but he still deserves respect.
With the eyes of the world watching, a spoonful of sugar will make the Dark Lord go down in London on Friday. Actually, it will take several spoons.
This week, I am so sickened and saddened by the cinema shooting in Aurora that it’s difficult to navigate my thoughts on the matter in a coherent fashion. Senseless acts like this boil down to something that not all psychologists and sociologists will admit exists: genuine evil.
Tune into a family sitcom, and I guarantee you will catch that scene at some point. It’s the job of sitcoms to portray everyday struggles and to teach us how to deal with them.
Several minutes after midnight on July 20, the premiere of the film began. In Aurora, Colo., moviegoers’ viewing was cut short when James Holmes, dressed in what looked like SWAT team armor, allegedly burst into a theater and let loose rounds of ammunition into the crowd.
In a July 9 article in the New York Times, Scott Shane reports that amid the chaos of the Arab Spring and the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood to Egypt’s presidency, the United States now finds itself contemplating new friendships in the region. What those friendships will now entail, according to Shane, are newly brokered relations between the U.S. and hard-line Islamist regimes in the area.
President Barack Obama made that statement at a speech in Roanoke, Va., last week. This quote is making the rounds on conservative blogs and on social media websites.
As a passionate, self-proclaimed feminist, I have a problem with the recent uproar resulting from Daniel Tosh’s decision to respond, rather menacingly, to a female heckler at one of his shows.
The 2012 presidential election is coming up soon and both sides are gearing up for an all-out battle. President Obama and the Democrats have been working overtime to win over groups like the LGBTQ and immigrant communities, while the Republicans have been tirelessly working toward systematic voting purges.
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