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Monday, March 23, 2026

Opinion: Columns

Florida Alligator
Opinion

Jack Sparrow missing in Somali seas

While Somali gunboats and high-seas kidnappings have once again moved the most visible pirates back out into the open ocean, the piracy of copyrighted information remains one of the main grassroots responses to the flows of data products deemed legitimate by the controlling global corporate structure.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Sparks fly in second half

MIAMI - This was the ugliest game you've ever seen for the first 40 minutes. This game was a train wreck. A slow-paced, whistle-filled, commercial-clogged mess of a game.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Sparks fly in second half

MIAMI - This was the ugliest game you've ever seen for the first 40 minutes. This game was a train wreck. A slow-paced, whistle-filled, commercial-clogged mess of a game.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Tebow could become greatest ever

MIAMI - He doesn't know. Even if he has an inkling, he won't tell you. Perhaps you'll get one of his school-boy chuckles and "yes sirs" or "yes ma'ams." It could be just a grin and an "I don't know."


Florida Alligator
Sports

More trash talk, please

MIAMI - If I had to list the reasons why I love sports, athletes talking trash would certainly rank near the top. It's as much a part of athletics as muscles, sweat and egos, but the art of smack talk seems to have fallen by the wayside lately.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Economic woes shouldn’t dictate faith

The culmination of a brutal year for every aspect of the Western economic paradigm birthed a dismal Christmas retail season. The blind faith in overheated consumerism that fuels the economic engine of the world exploded over the last year - and even 8-pound, 6-ounce baby Jesus could not steer us clear of fiscal ruin.


Florida Alligator
Sports

Tebow deserved second Heisman

NEW YORK - There should be a more succinct way to describe why Tim Tebow deserved to become the second player ever to win two Heisman Trophies.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Blackwater contractors worst case of Bush cronyism

Ever since the U.S. - err, George and Dick - strong-armed its way into the Middle East under the guise of the tragically flawed Bush Doctrine, Blackwater has reaped the vast financial benefits of government contracts.


Florida Alligator
Opinion

More to Gainesville than UF, students

"Cause we're two truck stops off the interstate, promised land with a twist of fame, we're a town for all the lost and found, so sleep tight in this smoky room, still buzzed from this afternoon, and I may be going broke but I'm never broken down."


Florida Alligator
Opinion

Most UF students pretentious, dumb

Here's some breaking news for you: Going to college plus making noise with your mouth does not equal saying something intelligent. Shut up - I'm tired of hearing you blabber.


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