In our editorial Oct.10, we discussed the problems with federal "mandatory minimum" laws.
Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to rising income inequality in the U.S., especially among the top 1 percent of income earners. The reason for this fact is clear: Globalization and mass media have increased the returns to productivity, and the market has rewarded these people accordingly.
Americans rarely ever pay heed to international celebrations that honor the establishment of a foreign nation. On Oct. 9, the People's Republic of China celebrated the centennial of the 1911 Chinese Revolution. Aside the cacophony of other pressing matters, this event signifies three important issues all Americans should be concerned with: (1) the upcoming Fifth Generation of leadership, (2) potential foreign and economic issues and (3) the future of China.
Alex Guilmartin made a good point in his Thursday column, lamenting the fact that the loud protests of the Occupy Wall Street movement are full of sound and fury yet signify nothing.
For this installment of the Alligator's weekly tradition, we're turning over a new leaf.
Recently, the world mourned the loss of a revolutionary figure: Steve Jobs. Jobs reconciled philosophy, courage and technology to significantly alter the way that we look at the world.
For Gov. Rick Scott, the preparation of a competent workforce should be the sole purpose of a college education.
It appears that Occupy Gainesville is ready and raring to go.
I am writing this in response to Travis Hornsby's column, "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." With no disrespect to Hornsby (I agree with everything he said, in fact), he is not saying anything about the big picture. And I have to hand it to him for working for Kerry, the least likable and least articulate Democratic candidate in living memory.
This is a response to Travis Hornsby's column from Monday called "Why I am no longer liberal-minded." I would much rather spend my post-work hours doing something relaxing rather than writing a guest column, but I must do something about the rage headache your column has caused me.
As Homer Simpson would say, "Woo Hoo!"
This weekend, an Occupy Wall Street protester was captured in a photograph defecating on a police car in New York City.
A couple of decades ago, Congress mandated that, in most drug-related convictions, the defendant must receive a minimum sentence for possession of the drug, usually depending upon weight and type of drug.
In a recent response column to my piece on Social Security, the writer suggested that I came from a wealthy background and loved to walk all over the poor to get ahead.
In response to Greg Allard's reply ("Thirty Years Later, Becoming Vegetarian ‘Best Decision' of Life," 4 Oct. 2011) to Sami Main's article ("Vegetarian Options Should Not Be Feared," 4 Oct. 2011), I would like to send high praise to both Allard and Main for speaking out about the benefits of a vegan diet.
It has almost become axiomatic that terrorism does not stem from religious doctrine. Rather, the violence espoused by Muslim militants or preachers such as Anwar al-Awlaki remains rooted in political frustration.
Well, this week has finally come to an end, and it's been an interesting one.
The simple truth is that the repercussions of illegal immigration can be detrimental to our country. When dealing with this issue, we must keep our national self-interests in mind.
Ten years ago today, President Bush launched Operation Enduring Freedom, the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan.
There is a very interesting thought experiment, widely referred to as the "Trolley Problem," which poses the question of whether to save a group of five people by diverting a trolley away from them toward a man laying in a hammock who would be killed instead.
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