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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Opinion

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Darts & Laurels

Is anyone else counting down the release of “The Dark Knight Rises”? If you aren’t excited about what will likely be the most epic movie of the year, we hope you enjoy our oh-well-that’s-cool-I-guess-hope-you-enjoy-Adam-Sandler’s-”That’s My Boy” edition of...


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Darts & Laurels

We hope you enjoyed the fireworks and Fourth of July celebrations as much as we did. Unfortunately, we have no fun holiday to look forward to until Halloween.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

‘Moderation’ is not the key to independence

Most people, if asked, would say July 4 is the birth date of our Republic. Technically they are correct, but for the founders who signed the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was merely the birth date of an idea.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

New health care bill deserves a chance

On June 28, everyone on Facebook suddenly became U.S. Constitution wizards. Experts from the far right to the extreme left spouted their professional opinions and quoted the document like a Shakespearean scholar quotes Hamlet.


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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

Well, it’s the end of Summer A, which means the Alligator will be on break next week. However, we have a lot to cover this week, so sit tight, relax and prepare for our document-withholding-amnesty-granting-substance-banning-cancer-curing-animal-crashing-studio-bashing edition of...


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OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

What happened to free speech and common courtesy?

I’ve been a student senator since the last student government elections in spring, and one thing has been made abundantly clear in my short time in the Student Senate: the Unite Party doesn’t like being told that they’re wrong or that they’re corrupt and incompetent or even that you want to amend one of their bills to be grammatically correct.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

President Obama displays incompetence

Well, I’m just going to come right out and say it. President Obama is arguably the worst president in American history. Never have the American people been sold such a bill of goods as they have with this man.


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Darts & Laurels

This week, it’s all about recognition. We’ll be recognizing outstanding students. We’ll be recognizing outstanding organizations. We’ll be recognizing fun Gainesville events.


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