The limits of what constitutes a racist act are too liberally defined today. With a heightened sensitivity to racial inequality, we’ve become overzealous when classifying things as racist.
Brought to you by the same state that found Casey Anthony not-guilty of murder, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Trayvon Martin case.
Today, the Supreme Court will begin to hear arguments for the most significant case since the likes of Gideon v. Wainwright, Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona in the battle over Obama’s health care reform.
Despite the pleas coming from both the left and right calling for further government intervention in the energy industry, green and alternative energy sources are still unable to compete with coal and natural gas.
When the Florida legislature passed a bill requiring general drug testing for all state workers, our representatives and senators conveniently excluded themselves from this requirement.
Since 1953, when the U.S. covertly overthrew democratically elected Iranian President Mohammad Mossadegh, relations between the U.S. and Iran can be described as troubling, to say the least.
I often hear conversations between two people seemingly so consumed by their own lives that they fail to be concerned with anything beyond themselves. And, all too often, I’m one of them.
As a college freshman and the oldest sibling in my family, everything in college life is new to me like a toddler who just arrived at Disney World for the first time. I see everything, the good and the bad, through rose-colored glasses.
Unless you are still completely faded from your trip to Cancun, you’ve probably figured out by now that the guy who is mentioned in everyone’s Facebook statuses, Joseph Kony, is not a front-runner in the presidential election.
Last week in the White House, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed their mutual commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
This column has high levels of Buddhism, so I apologize if I start to transcend meaning or pour you all a tad too much hippie Kool-Aid.
Despite Rick Santorum posing as a hardcore limited-government conservative, his views on the economy, his voting record and his blatant hostility toward homosexuality portray him as more of a socialist dictator than a small-government guru.
We are about halfway through the Republican primary, which ends in late June.
Our generation faces a different path than the one first trekked by the baby boomer generation more than half a century ago.
Over the past few weeks, two men have individually caused me to rack up a $20.37 tab at Taco Bell.
After the release of President Obama’s budget a few weeks ago, I was struck at the massiveness of federal spending.
As the current student representative on the Florida Board of Governors, I feel compelled to set the record straight regarding student representation on the board.
I urge all students to vote for the experienced leader who has already obtained so many results for us. Tj Villamil for Student Body president.
With the onslaught of cellphone tapping, domestically flying drones and Internet browsers that remember every website we've ever visited, it's fair to say that our liberties are being undermined.
I used to hear the word "diversity" and roll my eyes.
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