Opinion
Opinion
The 'S' word: The avada kedavra of American political rhetoric
July 20, 2011If you live in the United States, then you've become accustomed to the logic-be-damned attempts to malign politicians and public policy through the use of fear and hate.
Opinion
Radical group does not accurately represent animal rights activism
By Jared Misner | July 20, 2011Sometimes we're mortified by our own kind. Today is one of those days.
Opinion
Gator Growl band choice makes sense
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 20, 2011Gator Growl got it right this time.
Opinion
Porn threatens society
By Sean Thau | July 18, 2011Having just celebrated our nation's birth, I thought that my fellow Americans should be alerted to one of the most dangerous activities destroying America today, causing personal heartache, moral decay and a weakening of the American spirit: Internet pornography.
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Hard times await America's 'Tot Mom'
By Shea Ford | July 18, 2011Casey Anthony is out and ready to party. Innocent or guilty, she had quite a favorable outcome and is free to do whatever she damn well pleases.
Opinion
Facebook facepalm
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 18, 2011We've all wondered whether our parents and even grandparents set up Facebook profiles to be more connected with us or to keep their eyes on us.
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Haridopolos' political exit is a move Florida needed
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 18, 2011And now we pause for a moment of silence to acknowledge the long-awaited death of the diseased politi-joke that was state Sen. Mike Haridopolos' legislative career.
Sports
Gay it forward: It’s time for a sports superstar to come out
By JESSE SIMONTON | July 13, 2011Caution: This column is not for the mentally weak or irrationally bigoted. This is not a religious debate or political plea; this is a call for open-mindedness and acceptance. Stop reading if you hate equality and don’t advocate change.
Opinion
Why you mad?
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 13, 2011The saddest part about all of this? Not a sliver of surprise was felt by any of us.
Opinion
Parking downtown should stay free
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 13, 2011Saturday night at the club downtown could get a bit more expensive in the near future, and contrary to the city's hopes, we don't think that's going to attract more customers.
Sports
I’m gonna let you finish Wambach, but U.S. rides Solo
By MATT WATTS | July 11, 2011If you weren’t in front of the television watching the United States play Brazil on Saturday, I feel sorry for you. The women wearing the red, white and blue showed incredible resolve in one of the most epic comebacks the sport has ever seen.
Opinion
Lost in the sauce: guy walks into the bar
By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 11, 2011I've been back from Vietnam for seven years. I spent the first three in a drunken New Orleans haze. The next four, I drove for Hoffa's Teamsters.
Opinion
ABC Family ad blitz: accio facepalm
By Shea Ford | July 11, 2011For those who are living in a cave and are unaware, the final Harry Potter film debuts in U.S. theaters Friday.
Opinion
That ain't right
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 11, 2011When a 168-year-old British tabloid read by millions goes down in the flames, we have to say something.
Opinion
Unity among Americans should last longer than one day in July
July 6, 2011On Monday, we recognized a day of legendary bravery in an onerous battle for life, liberty and happiness. We put aside our political persuasions and forgot our delusions of enmity. For a brief moment, we all had long hair, figuratively sang "Imagine" by John Lennon and did indeed "live as one."
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A pissing contest like no other: My encounter with Rick Scott
By C.J. Pruner | July 6, 2011Last Thursday, my good buddy/managing editor/the-man-who-has-the-sense-to-never-let-me-run-a-Muhammad-cartoon Joey Flechas and I drove down to St. Petersburg for the annual Florida Press Association convention. For the few of you who don't religiously follow the inner workings of Florida print media, the FPA convention is where a bunch of godless leftist journos/"media academics"/anyone with a hard-on for the written word from all across the state gather at some palace of a hotel, dress up in outfits picked out by Stevie Wonder and try to outstroke each other in rhetorical masturbation. Essentially, it's like the Republican National Convention with the exception that there's a limit to how much free booze you can guzzle.
Opinion
Casey Anthony trial doesn't make you a legal expert
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 6, 2011If you're looking for some sense of validation as to whether your expert hunch that Casey Marie Anthony is innocent or guilty, seek life elsewhere.
Sports
Welcome to the dead zone: America’s blackening hole
By JESSE SIMONTON | July 4, 2011Like any good American this weekend, I drank Bud Light, shot bottle rockets at friends and saw “Transformers III.”
Opinion
Lost in the sauce: getting bug-eyed in the opium jungles
By BILL O'CONNOR< | July 4, 2011My Thai friend Sith starts a lot of sentences with "Maybe America have, maybe America no have."
