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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Opinion: Columns

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Opinion

Entertainers just aren’t entertaining

A friend of mine was required to watch “Singing in the Rain” for a class last week. She, like all blue-blooded Americans who have anything remotely close to a heart, loved the movie that tells the whimsical, fictitious story of the first talking movies. This prompted me to look up some of the singing and dancing numbers from the film. As I browsed through “Make ‘em Laugh,” “Singing in the Rain,” etc., I realized something: We settle for some sorry excuses for pop stars these days.


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Sports

Gators not out of woods yet

Urban Meyer dropped to his knees, a fan base exhaled and the Gators finally smiled after their win against the Bulldogs on Saturday.


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Opinion

Advice to the new Tea Party Congress

Now that the bloodletting has stopped and we collectively nurse our wounds after a messy and angry election cycle, the mantle of governance weighs heavy on newly minted insurgent members of Congress.


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Opinion

Mission accomplished? Rally prompts reasonable dilemma

I admit — I wept when Jon Stewart announced “The Rally to Restore Sanity.” Since entering college, this girl, who once thought there were no such things as “stupid people,” had grown into the kind of person burdened with very real nausea at a glimpse of Fox News. Or any news program, for that matter. Any message board, too. Any public political dialogue that descended into arrogance and insanity — and so many do. The reaction frustrated me, and when Stewart called for a rally to encourage reasonableness and respect in public discourse, I felt my anxieties might be soothed.


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Opinion

Amendment 4 worth another look

When you go to the voting precinct this week, you might notice a group of six amendments waiting for you. Just don’t let the numbering confuse you. Two of the amendments were removed, and someone decided not to change the numbering.


Sports

Picks column: Georgia

We know, all of the readers out there thought we bottomed out with a Marshall-East Carolina debate last week.


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Sports

Rainey’s situation handled correctly

Chris Rainey will probably see the field Saturday. That’s not a guarantee. Don’t take it to the bank. Like anything related to the UF football team, fans won’t actually know until the game starts.



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