Opinion
Race doesn/t affect Sotomayor/s decisions
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 13, 2009When a judge is nominated for the Supreme Court, the nitpicking invariably begins.
Opinion
Sports
Despite disappointing first impressions, NCAA Football 2010 fills preseason void
By ADAM BERRY | July 13, 2009In every college football off-season, there are five days worth circling on the calendar.
Opinion
Web site scams students unaware of free credit report law
July 13, 2009FreeCreditReport.com, the credit-reporting service owned by Experian, recently released its latest TV commercial in its ubiquitous "guy sings about his bad credit" ad campaign, which raises an important question: How the hell are these ads still on TV?
Sports
Top 10 Games I Wish I Saw Live - Part II
July 13, 2009The moment you've eagerly been awaiting the past five days is finally here.
Opinion
Sign not displayed ‘in spirit of love’
By Ashley Stringfield | July 13, 2009I agree with Pastor Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center. A Christian does have to agree with his sign, which reads "Islam is of the Devil."
Opinion
Celebrity proves a distraction to voters
By ED MCPHEE | July 8, 2009Al Franken is a funny guy. He is also intelligent and seems to understand the needs of his constituents. And Franken seems earnest in his desire to be a U.S. Senator. But despite all this, he should not have run for the position.
Sports
Don't be surprised by King's acts
By ADAM BERRY | July 8, 2009We are all witnesses &ndash when it's cool with LeBron James and Nike, at least.
Opinion
College degrees mean little without ambition to back them
By LIZ CARLSTON | July 8, 2009Most people who go to college do so not because they enjoy sitting in stuffy lecture halls while listening to monotone-voiced professors, but so they can carve out a better place for themselves in the world when they graduate. Or at least, that's what most expect.
Opinion
Machen’s requests overstep boundaries
By Don Kershaw | July 8, 2009Recently President Machen sent a letter to the city of Jacksonville outlining key changes that need to be made by the city for the annual UF-Georgia game to continue being held in Jacksonville.
Sports
Top 10 Games I wish I saw live - Part I
July 8, 2009Some moments are simply better enjoyed in person.
Opinion
UF should keep station
By Rita E. Patterson | July 6, 2009While I understand that our slowing economy forces even UF to make difficult cutbacks, I do not understand why the leaders of our largest employer in Alachua County have to behave like any other arrogant, big-city CEOs when considering the fates of employees. I am particularly upset about the recent treatment of the staff of WRUF.
Sports
Ranking UF's rivalries: FSU, Georgia, Tennessee top short list
By ADAM BERRY | July 6, 2009No matter which players take the field, what year it is or which sport is being played, rivalries will always exist in college sports.
Opinion
War-weary Americans turn to tabloids
July 6, 2009Sometime last week in between the earth-shattering news that Michael Jackson, the OxiClean pitchman and Farrah Fawcett had all actually died within the same cosmic time frame, two significant news items went largely unnoticed.
Opinion
No explanation for Palin’s resignation
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 6, 2009If resigning from a post like governor of Alaska is hailed as a potentially "brilliant strategy" for a career, the Editorial Board might as well consider Sarah Palin the Geri Halliwell of the political world - Gubernatorial Spice, if you will. Not as catchy as "Killa from Wasilla," but we've gotta keep it current.
Opinion
Hope for Honduras
By The Alligator Editorial Board | July 6, 2009The Editorial Board would like to make note of the political crisis in Honduras, an event upsetting the lives of millions of the country's citizens.
Opinion
Web site offers tips for lazy folks
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 6, 2009So if any of you are like me, you're probably an incredibly lazy person. And I don't mean ordinary, run-of the-mill lazy - I mean you elevate it to an art form. There's nothing wrong with laziness, by the way, so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Laziness - the desire to exert the least possible effort - has given rise to our most wonderful human ingenuities. If someone hadn't been too lazy to walk, we probably wouldn't have cars. If someone hadn't been too lazy to try and make a genuine connection with a woman, we probably wouldn't have such brilliant pick up lines as "Was your dad a baker, because your buns are out of this world!" The bottom line is that laziness keeps us sharp. Because of it we are ever-vigilant for the next thing that will make our lives easier and, in our own twisted way, richer.
Opinion
U.S. should offer paid sick days to every American worker
By Rosemary Harris Lytle | July 1, 2009For most Americans, the Fourth of July is a day for fireworks, concerts, parades and all manner of patriotic displays. It's as American as barbecue ribs and apple pie.
Opinion
Dead celebrities don’t cease to charm
By ERIC CHIANESE | July 1, 2009There are those rare moments that, in one fell swoop, remind us all of the ephemerality and fragility of life and, generally speaking, those moments come after a loss. We have all just experienced one of those moments - only this time it dragged on for days. In the span of one week, we lost Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. All of them American icons and, now, all of them gone.
Opinion
Energy bill needs strengthening before becoming U.S. law
By Billy Parish | July 1, 2009The House recently passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), an important step toward protecting our environment and building a clean energy economy.
