Global Ebola virus response falls short
(09/19/14 2:00am)
Here in Gainesville, there are many places a citizen can go to get treatment for any illness.
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Dick Cheney, Fox and the UPD in Darts & Laurels 9/12/14
(09/12/14 2:00am)
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Same-sex marriage bill leads to oblivion
(09/12/14 2:00am)
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College students shape the future — if they vote
(09/09/14 2:00am)
Low voter turnout has been a prominent feature of American elections for the last several decades. In the 2012 election, only about two-thirds of all voters cast ballots.
Stop blaming women for sexual assault
(09/08/14 2:00am)
The recent notifications from University Police have the UF campus on high alert. The terrifying news of four attempted sexual assaults in the nighttime hours have left UF students afraid of walking home alone. But these attacks are isolating one group of people in particular: women.
Chaotic world stuck with ‘no strategy’ President Obama
(09/08/14 2:00am)
With the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a Sunni jihadist group in the Middle East that is labeled as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. and many other nations, the entire world is on high alert, waiting for whatever barbaric action the group has planned next.
Senator’s push for film screening is indoctrination
(09/08/14 2:00am)
There’s a common trope in the conservative movement that liberals control American schools and use them to brainwash and indoctrinate impressionable American youth.
Obama: economy calls for higher wages
(09/03/14 2:00am)
MILWAUKEE — President Barack Obama renewed his push for Congress to raise the minimum wage Monday in a buoyant accounting of the economy’s “revving” performance, delivered on behalf of Democrats opening their fall campaigns for the midterm congressional elections.
ISIS beheads Florida reporter
(09/03/14 12:45am)
NAPLES — Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday called Islamic State militants “evil” and demanded that President Barack Obama destroy them after a video surfaced purporting to show the beheading of freelance journalist Steven Sotloff who had ties to the state.
Corporations and Obama’s student loan decision
(09/02/14 2:00am)
In the 2010 case of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations, for all intents and purposes, are human beings with the same rights as any American citizen. Citizens United and the recent Hobby Lobby case established that corporations are protected by the First Amendment, with both freedom of speech and religion.
Corporate tax inversions hurt America
(08/29/14 2:00am)
Few people — other than maybe a few masochists — enjoy paying their taxes each year. Generally, we feel the government is taking a big bite out of our paychecks and leaving us poor souls with scraps. Despite our moaning and groaning, most of us pay what we owe, and our threats to evade taxes or flee the country never come to fruition.
Rubio’s comments on immigration miss the mark
(08/28/14 2:00am)
Florida’s junior senator, Marco Rubio, has been very vocal in recent weeks on the topic of immigration reform.
This Week in Social Justice: MH-17
(07/29/14 1:30am)
Let’s talk about this Malaysian airplane. No, not the one you heard about a few weeks ago. This is a different one.
Florida and Georgia’s commonality: Lousy governors
(07/17/14 12:54am)
Florida and Georgia are rivals on a sizable scale. The annual football game between UF and the University of Georgia in Jacksonville can resemble preparations for a large war between two enemies, but it seems that the two rivals have more in common than we think.
This Week in Social Justice: Hobby Lobby ruling aftermath
(07/15/14 7:00am)
The recent Hobby Lobby supreme court decision found that closely held corporations (any company that has a limited number of shareholders) do not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that insurance plans cover women’s contraception if that conflicts with the religious beliefs of the business’s owner.
Republicans can’t ignore Palin and D’Souza’s siren song
(07/15/14 12:43am)
In “The Odyssey,” Odysseus must avoid the mythical sirens who lure sailors to their doom on the rocky shoreline of their island. Though the songstresses are enticing, Odysseus and his crew, with the assistance of some beeswax with which they filled their ears, force themselves to ignore the dangerous distraction in order to preserve their best interest.
Truck drivers need a chimney sweep
(07/10/14 12:00am)
A bizarre and nearly inexplicable trend is spreading across the country, and it’s destined to deal a blow to progressives and environmentalists throughout the U.S. It’s known as rolling coal, and it might the dumbest protest movement in the history of our great nation.
NSA needs overhaul, culpability check
(07/07/14 11:29pm)
Two months ago, PBS’s “Frontline” chronicled the conception of the National Security Agency and how the institution continues to affect our daily lives in a must-see documentary called “United States of Secrets.” While watching this special, one automatically envisions the Orwellian future illustrated in “1984.”
Suing Obama: Symptom of DC insanity
(07/02/14 11:05pm)
In an effort to save American democracy from the evil tyrant, “King Obama the First,” Speaker of the House John Boehner revealed that he plans to sue the president for overstepping his constitutional authority.
Hobby Lobby case filled with hypocrisy
(07/01/14 12:49am)
Christian conservatives call the Supreme Court ruling granting three family-owned businesses the right to refuse to pay for certain forms of contraception for their employees based on their beliefs a victory for religious freedom.
