Opinion
Government can’t solve all problems
By Neal Wheeler | Oct. 21, 2009When I was growing up, duct tape was the solution to all problems.
Opinion
Opinion
Congress shouldn’t be trusted
By Brittany Yurkovitch | Oct. 21, 2009The Oct. 6 Gallup poll reports that only 21 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Considering that so few people support the effort being made by congressmen, it seems obvious that Congress is failing to represent the will of the people.
Opinion
Public option not only solution
By Warren Rhea | Oct. 21, 2009Joseph Trimboli makes some good points in his letter to the editor, "People entitled to health care," until he says anyone who opposes the public option is either being paid off by the insurance companies or enjoys killing their fellow Americans.
Sports
Rating the SEC at halfway mark
Oct. 20, 2009If there's one thing I've learned, it's that 90's rock music holds the answers to virtually all of life's most important questions.
Opinion
Current health system worth fixing
By Francisco Sotomayor | Oct. 20, 2009I would like to respond to the opinions in the Alligator that show a bias against health reform. And ignoring the likely possibility that these gentlemen watch Fox News, I'm going to try to debate with them rationally. First of all, studies show that 45,000 people are dying otherwise avoidable deaths every month based on the simple fact that they don't have health insurance. If that isn't worth fixing, I don't know what is.
Opinion
People entitled to health care
By Joseph Trimboli | Oct. 20, 2009Government's raison d'être is to be of the people, by the people and for the people. This is a core tenet of our republic. When the people wanted safe food to eat, the government provided it through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Opinion
UF handled bomb scare poorly
By Burton Hohman | Oct. 20, 2009Yesterday I got a text from my brother saying, "Stay away from the Reitz Union today. There's a bomb threat there, and the bomb squad was deployed."
Opinion
Government should require health care
By David Silba | Oct. 20, 2009In response to the letters today regarding health care, I think it is unfortunate that some think this way. What about children - do they not have a "right" to health care? They can't go out and get a job, and often their parents won't spend money on something that is not mandatory. They would rather go to the emergency room uninsured, and guess who pays the bill for them? We do with our hard-earned taxpayer dollars.
Opinion
Time allotted in Growl uneven
By Lian Han | Oct. 20, 2009I know Darts & Laurels doesn't come out until Friday, but I'd just like to give a spot-on-nail-on-the-head-explanation laurel to Delta Upsilon President Matthew Panzano.
Opinion
City should serve liquor during pivotal matchup
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 20, 2009Guzzling Gators and boozing Bulldogs will have to find new ways to get wasted at this year's UF-Georgia football game.
Opinion
Loss of control can create obsession
Oct. 20, 2009Four years ago this week, my mom sent me a Halloween care package. It included Halloween decorations, a haunted house soundtrack for our dorm party and a tin of cookies.
Sports
Addazio should be blamed for game plan, not execution
Oct. 19, 2009Somewhere between christening Mike DiFerdinando - our often overly optimistic friend and colleague - "Butters," and trying to fit our group dynamics into that of the wildly popular TV show South Park, it occurred to me.
Opinion
Regardless of outcome, UF should have sent alert
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Oct. 19, 2009We've got a few bones to pick with university administrators after Monday's "bomb scare" in the Reitz Union.
Opinion
Case against marriage equality faulty
Oct. 19, 2009Maine voters will go to the polls on Nov. 3 to vote on Maine's Question 1, a referendum that, if passed, will reject a state law that legalized gay marriage earlier this year. And through this prism, the refusal of Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana Justice of the Peace in Tangipahoa Parish, to sign an interracial couple's marriage license earlier this month becomes a lot more interesting, and not in a good way.
Opinion
Health care not a right, shouldn’t be mandatory
By Daniel Morris | Oct. 19, 2009This is in reply to Matthew Christ's column, "Political gain halts health care reform."
Opinion
Alligator overreacted to Greek jokes
By Matthew Panzano | Oct. 19, 2009I understand the fact that many students did not get the inside jokes about certain Greek organizations spoken during the Weekend Update at Gator Growl, but from the editorial "Let the Greeks Growl," the Alligator seemed very upset by this. I actually thought that the members of the Alligator would love this part the most, seeing as they appreciate any jab taken at the Greek community.
Opinion
Public option strips freedoms
By Rob Myers | Oct. 19, 2009Matthew Christ's Monday column is a shining beacon of willful ignorance and shallow thinking.
Opinion
Crime not cool in real life
By Unanimous | Oct. 19, 2009In response to "Jailed Gymnast: Lack of logic":
Sports
Arkansas game reminiscent of Ole Miss
Oct. 18, 2009Just like last year, the Gators struggled with an underdog from the Southeastern Conference West at home.
Opinion
Balloon hoax family deserves no attention
By Wade Powell | Oct. 18, 2009You probably heard about the "balloon boy" and his family. You know, the 6-year-old who was thought to be soaring over Denver last week in a giant helium balloon invented by his father. It turned out he never was in the balloon. In fact, he was safe at home the entire time.
