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OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Columnist misses point of Pentecostal Church

By Shaelyn McDaniel | Mar. 18, 2009

I congratulate Allie Conti for venturing outside her comfort zone, but I am disappointed as to how little her horizons were truly broadened. While her observations as to the United Pentecostal Church may be accurate (I've never been there), expanding her generalizations to cover an entire denomination based on one visit is sloppy.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Downturn extends beyond AIG, Madoff

By NAUDIA JAWAD | Mar. 17, 2009

As Americans fumble around in the dark in an attempt to make sense of the economic mess we've found ourselves in, the country is searching for culprits so we can put our minds at ease. Those currently in the spotlight are none other than Ponzi schemer extraordinaire Bernard Lawrence Madoff and "those guys" over at AIG.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Good Eats

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009

In the wake of America's economic downturn, one restaurant has bucked the current trend of slumping sales by employing a creative business model - name your own price.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

N.Y. Attorney General cracks down on AIG

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 17, 2009

Word out of New York reveals an ever-growing scandal behind the doors of beleaguered insurance giant AIG.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Pentecostal church service proves adaptive to community

By ALLIE CONTI | Mar. 17, 2009

They catch you as soon as you come in.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Funding education remains top concern for Fla. legislators

By STEVE OELRICH | Mar. 16, 2009

As many of you know, the legislature recently met in a special session to make significant cuts to the state's budget for the current fiscal year. This special session was called as a direct result of the economic downturn our nation, our state and our individual communities have all been experiencing. This downturn led to subsequent cuts to many programs, and it will definitely shape the policies we implement, as well as the final budget we pass during the upcoming regular session.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Consumers jump the gun on firearms

Mar. 16, 2009

In response to these depressing days of fiscal failure and the realization of the tenuous grip most people have on their homes and their jobs, Americans of every stripe seem to be clinging to their guns and blogs.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Proverb spreads Irish cheer

By Erin Costello | Mar. 16, 2009

May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Column over–glorifies Stewart

By William Gower | Mar. 16, 2009

Matthew Christ's column on Monday over-glorified Jon Stewart as our nation's court jester who leads a mob in finding the fallacies in claims made by financial news networks in today's economic crisis and in ordinary news networks heading into the Iraq War. I think a criticism of Stewart is warranted today.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Paper in Peril

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009

Today marks another sad day in journalism history - the closing of Seattle's oldest newspaper, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Obama takes hard line against AIG spending

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 16, 2009

Kudos to President Barack Obama for standing up to AIG's outlandish intentions of paying out over $100 million worth of bonuses to top executives.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Spring Break doesn’t have to end today.

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 15, 2009

Welcome back for the home stretch of the spring semester - a mere five weeks remain until the endless possibilities of summer embrace you with open arms.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Stewart puts Cramer in rightful place

Mar. 15, 2009

Online news outlets apparently yanked their thesauruses out from beneath their beds last Thursday, labeling Jon Stewart's interview of CNBC's "Mad Money" host Jim Cramer with headlines such as "Stewart Eviscerates Cramer, CNBC," and "Jon Stewart Thrashes Jim Cramer."

OPINION | COLUMNS

Comedy Central guilty of boasting bad acts

By ERIC CHIANESE | Mar. 15, 2009

There have been a ton of hard-hitting items in the news lately: President Barack Obama has pushed forward stem-cell research, the chairman of the Republican National Committee announced that he's pro-choice and Jon Stewart nearly made Jim Cramer wet his pants. That's all well and good, but I want to talk about something that's really been on my mind. Sunday, Comedy Central roasted Daniel Lawrence Whitney - better known as Larry the Cable Guy - and I shed a tear for comedy.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF e–mail fails to deliver

By Ahmed Jorge | Mar. 15, 2009

I do not understand how UF has an extraordinary main Web site, but our e-mail service is nothing short of rubbish.

OPINION | EDITORIALS

Darts & Laurels

By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 5, 2009

Get out the polka-dot bikinis and bottles of grain alcohol - The Department of Darts & Laurels officially declares Spring Break 2009 open for business.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Columnist stands by satire

By Joshua Nederveld | Mar. 5, 2009

For those of you who don't know me, or for those of you who I have offended, I apologize if you took the meaning of my column to be anything but satire. As an effective satire only mirrors reality, I stand by what I have written for a few reasons.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Capitol Hill spending isn’t the answer

Mar. 5, 2009

It is no secret to anyone (except maybe Florida State economics students) that the economy is in its worst state in years.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Support Daily Emerald staff

By BRYAN THOMAS | Mar. 5, 2009

On Wednesday morning, the entire editorial staff of the Daily Emerald - the student-produced newspaper at the University of Oregon - went on strike in protest of the attempts of its board of directors to install a publisher with unprecedented control over the newsroom.

OPINION | COLUMNS

Middle ground is needed in dueling gym column debate

By KELLY KORMAN | Mar. 4, 2009

I am not about to resort to the name-calling that Spanky from the Little Rascals, or a certain journalism-and-German junior at UF for that matter, would employ as his first response to a female threatening his self-proclaimed territory.