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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Opinion

Florida Alligator
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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OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

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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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Liberty solves divisive issues, not the state

No one denies that the philosophical divide between Americans on the political left and right has only grown sharper in recent years. Bitter resentment and contempt for those of opposing views is commonplace. It often seems that the stronger the convictions or the more awareness one has of political issues, the more fervently one tends to see others as opponents.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Learn the truth beyond history textbooks

Like any modern society, we depend on schools to help us navigate through life. Our education is paramount to our ability to reason, and we apply our knowledge to help us solve problems. However, a couple of months ago a stark realization hit me — in every country, even in the U.S., a certain level of propaganda exists within our curriculum.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  COLUMNS

What happens online, stays online

There’s a certain level of danger in mentioning anything on the Internet. One link falls into the hands of the wrong person and before you know it, innocent pictures or comments get turned into giant jokes.


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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

Howard Zinn, hate mail and ponytails

One of the really stimulating things about writing this column is the fact that I receive scathing critiques from people of differing views on everything from my thoughts and ideas to my personal character and anything else imaginable. Every now and then, somebody puts forth something so ripe for exposition that I can’t resist a response.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  EDITORIALS

Playground Bully

Recently, Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has raised some serious discussions about the ability of people to defend themselves or others in violent or aggressive situations.



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