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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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Darts & Laurels

It's that time of year again. Anyone who has been in Gainesville for UF's Homecoming weekend knows all about the gridlock, the game and that, apparently, alligators can growl - something we didn't know until the fall of 2005.


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Despicable

Enduring an economic crisis does not justify devolving into a reprehensible, socially irrelevant miscreant, which is exactly the transformation people undergo when they decide to make ends meet by scamming and robbing the elderly.


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McCain needs to reinvent his image

The growing chants of "start the buses" resonate every time you pick up The New York Times, tune in to MSNBC or check out the latest poll numbers. Much like Clemson's football season, the McCain-Palin campaign is for all intents and purposes a lost cause.


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Silver Lining

We know there are tons of people who still haven't come around the socially uptight corner to accept the idea that "South Park" is a well-written show that doesn't depend solely on fart jokes and filthy language. That's fine. You'll see the light soon enough.


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Flu shot has proven effective

In Ian Shtulman's Monday letter to the editor, most of Shtulman's "evidence" grows out of the mass anti-vaccine rage following an October 2006 article by Tom Jefferson that was full of speculation. The rest of the scientific community, in virtual unanimity, has agreed that the flu vaccine is both safe and effective.



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