MATTHEW YOUNG

OPINION | COLUMNS

Bush administration's original intentions for Iraq were noble

By MATTHEW YOUNG | Mar. 24, 2008

It is fair to say that nothing in Iraq has gone as the United States planned or intended, but the war was hardly built on lies or oil. Mistakes were made, and the Bush administration is to blame, but its plan was bold and its intentions were noble.

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tasers painful, but not vicious weapons

By MATTHEW YOUNG | Sep. 18, 2007

A Taser is hardly "vicious weaponryC as Kyle Cox's Tuesday column stated. The whole point of a nonlethal, safe weapon is to avoid bringing out the actual "vicious weaponry.C

OPINION | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UF investments not grounds for protest

By MATTHEW YOUNG | Sep. 9, 2007

Wherever UF's investment money may be going, it can't be construed to be funding the war in any manner. Money shuffled around on stock exchanges or bond markets never sees the company in question unless the stock or bond is being purchased directly from the company - a tiny, tiny fraction of trading volume and almost certainly not the case.

Bush administration's original intentions for Iraq were noble

Tasers painful, but not vicious weapons

UF investments not grounds for protest

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