Truth and treason: WikiLeaks bans wrong
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Dec. 5, 2010If only BP could have pulled the same public relations response the federal government is rolling out now.
If only BP could have pulled the same public relations response the federal government is rolling out now.
Bigwords.com: buy books for low prices, sell them for a mint? After reading Alexander Klausner’s article on Monday I had to see for myself. So, I went to the site, and looked into a few books.
It’s been a tragic week for the United States, and all of us should be mourning the events that have occurred.
Dec. 16, students will see nearly three years of cumulative effort come to a vote when the Faculty Senate meets. Provost Joe Glover has stated the proposal to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a holiday will be considered at this meeting.
This is a curious week, Gators. There’s not really a name for it either. It’s the post-Thanksgiving week where most of us grumble like Eeyore all the way to Gainesville, yet it’s not time for winter break. It’s the teaser week in between. It’s the week where professors plague our schedules with one final exam before the final exam. It’s the week where we switch our thermostats from air conditioning to heat in the span of an evening. It’s often called “Hell week.” So, for those of you wallowing in self-pity with your 98-page papers, your double-hand count of exams left and just general longing for the solace of winter break, never fear. The Department of Darts and Laurels is here to present you with your First-Of-Its-Kind-Thankscember edition of Darts & Laurels.
The issue of world hunger has existed for many years. As an American, I know I sometimes forget the problem is right in my own backyard.
If a certain proposal being discussed goes into effect, Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will be preserving a whole lot less.
If the Tea Party has its way, Tallahassee, Dover, Salt Lake City and company will reign supreme over Washington, D.C.
I have a confession to make, and it’s not going to be easy. I’ve carried this burden for many years, and I’m not quite sure how to just bare it for all to see. I’m told confession is cathartic, so here goes: I don’t like Christmas music.
Editor’s note: This letter, sent to staff writer Jon Silman, is being printed with the permission of its author.
The idea of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is ridiculous.
There are a lot of important things going on in the world right now. WikiLeaks reared its ugly head back into the national spotlight with the release of diplomatic cables and a lot of juicy gossip.
I have accepted I will disagree with the editorial staff of the Alligator on almost any given political issue, but Monday’s offensive editorial needs to be addressed.
While the Kyoto Protocol has been signed and ratified by virtually every world power, the exceptions being the United States and Australia, the international policy itself offers no real solutions to climate change.
Lindsey Graham should probably quiet down now.
Soon-to-be Speaker of The House John Boehner will soon add another title to his name: Fashion Police.
Beginning Monday, 15,000 world delegates, journalists and others swarmed to the sunny and spicy Cancun, Mexico, to discuss how in the world we should deal with the pending global climate crisis.
WikiLeaks spewed out a bunch of classified American diplomatic documents this week, and it was disheartening to learn that what passes for statecraft these days could easily be mistaken for a worldly version of Us Weekly.
Sen. John McCain, the top Republican in the Senate Armed Forces Committee, said Sunday it’s time to start chatting about a “regime change” in North Korea.
Beginning Sunday, the website WikiLeaks, an organization designed to release covert government documents, began to release batches of top-secret papers.