Opinion
Nominee will assume position without America knowing her
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 8, 2009Well, I thought I had it in me, but I don't.
Opinion: Columns
Opinion
Obama delivers with well-received speech in Egypt
June 8, 2009President Barack Obama fulfilled another campaign promise last week after visiting Cairo, Egypt, and beginning a public dialogue with the Arabic world about the peace process. The president's speech in front of the Cairo University audience ran nearly an hour and evoked applause, shouts of adoration and a few awkward silences.
Sports
Sully yet another successful new coaching hire for UF
June 8, 2009There's a lot of coaches not named Meyer or Donovan making headlines at UF.
Sports
All aboard the Twitter train as it gains steam in sports world
By ADAM BERRY | June 8, 2009As you may have noticed, coaches, players and media outlets alike are hopping on the Twitter bandwagon.
Sports
McArthur's tale will not be forgotten
June 8, 2009Kevin O'Sullivan's words seemed to hit Brandon McArthur like a eulogy.
Opinion
Critics of Obama’s speech miss point
By NAUDIA JAWAD | June 8, 2009As President Barack Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday, millions of people tuned in to watch him give his highly anticipated speech to the Muslim world.
Sports
Nelson's rocky ending to stellar career impossible to explain
June 3, 2009OKLAHOMA CITY - "Hindsight is 50/50."
Opinion
Steps must be taken to remedy economy
By DAVID KORTEN | June 3, 2009Politicians 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."
Opinion
No way to rationalize political ignorance
June 3, 2009Recently, 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.
Opinion
GOP efforts to block Sotomayor reflect tired politics
By NEIL W. BLACKMON | June 3, 2009Perhaps 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?
Sports
Washington's blowout win shows different side of UF
June 1, 2009OKLAHOMA CITY &ndash Washington didn't just punch UF in the stomach; the Huskies reached into the Gators' collective chest and pulled out their still-beating heart like Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
Opinion
Eco-awareness hitting the mainstream
June 1, 2009In these heady times of global awareness and eco-knowledge, it seems the bad eco-news comes at you from every angle. Nobody is safe from the onslaught of negative press if even Google is under eco-scrutiny. A researcher this year claimed that a single Google search is worse for the environment than driving a car, mostly because of the way Google's "cloud computing" uses clusters of servers together at once to achieve superfast results for every single search.
Opinion
U.S. justice system needs overhaul
By ERIC CHIANESE | June 1, 2009Lately, and between reading entries on the Rotten Library, I have turned my attention to the criminal justice system.
Sports
Huge offensive output no mystery in Women's College World Series
May 31, 2009Pitching is a lot like real estate: location, location, location.
Opinion
Post-graduation marriage a bad idea
By MATTEW MELTZER | May 27, 2009Not long ago, I had a friend, who was recently married, pull me aside in a men's room when I had brought a date to have dinner with him and his wife. The desperation in his eyes told me all I needed to know. "Please tell me you're going to sleep with this girl," he told me, "because I can't. My life is over. Look at me, look me in the eyes: Don't. Ever. Get. Married. You got that? Ever. Don't get me wrong, she's great, but she's ALWAYS THERE."
Opinion
UF budget cuts reflect sound course of action for students
By Jordan Johnson | May 27, 2009During Tuesday's Board of Trustees meeting, I voted to approve President Bernie Machen's budget cut plan because it puts UF in the best financial position going forward and serves the interests of the entire student body as well as it can during these trying economic times.
Sports
UF's wonderful story may not get fairy-tale ending
May 27, 2009It appears this story deserves only one ending. The plot seems so apropos.
Opinion
Gallow humor holds significant place in America's history
By ERIC CHIANESE | May 25, 2009An employee is leisurely stocking shelves in the supermarket one day when a man with a gun busts in. The criminal shoots the stock boy and then flees the scene. Another employee rushes to the aid of our hero, eager to console him. The stock boy looks up at his friend and meekly says, 'cleanup in aisle 7.'
Opinion
U.S. ideology does not include torture
May 25, 2009Typically, I like the game of politics. I like the strategy and the plotting. I like a good fight.
