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Gas prices do not seem to be decreasing any time soon, and the increased prices may become a major issue in the presidential campaign depending on how high they go this summer.
According to some political pundits, there’s a war going on in the United States. This war doesn’t involve bombs. It involves legislation, and the war isn’t on a foreign nation — it’s on women’s health care rights.
Last week in the White House, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed their mutual commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. For the first time, President Obama stated that American policy toward Iran is not “containment” but aims instead to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran altogether.
David Axelrod, former adviser to President Obama and the communications director for his 2012 re-election campaign, discusses past actions and future plans for the Obama administration Wednesday evening in the Rion Ballroom.
The chief strategist of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and the chairman of the Florida Democratic Party encouraged students to re-elect the president at a rally Wednesday night.
We are about halfway through the Republican primary, which ends in late June.
After the release of President Obama’s budget a few weeks ago, I was struck at the massiveness of federal spending.
Elections are over.
For several people, their opinions about social issues are a gut feeling that they often defend despite the facts, not because of them. As the issues of religion and contraception take center stage in American politics, let's be sure we're making informed decisions, not inflammatory ones.
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele liken themselves to a famous duo in order to distinguish their voices from one another.
The past few weeks have been politically dominated by President Barack Obama's mandate requiring Catholic institutions to provide workers with access to contraception and pharmacological abortion. The conservative outcry was well-placed, and I agree that the mandate was a gross governmental overstep.
With the onslaught of cellphone tapping, domestically flying drones and Internet browsers that remember every website we've ever visited, it's fair to say that our liberties are being undermined. And though this claim has been heralded since the dawn of civilization, we are currently in a position to effectively confront the transgressions of lawmakers.
Valentine's Day has come and gone, leaving you with a heart full of love and enough chocolate to last until Halloween. However, there is a better way to embrace sweetness if a passionate regret for not going to the gym on Tuesday is overwhelming the allure of those heart-shaped brownies still staring at you every time you crack open the refrigerator. Honey offers a whole range of health benefits including boosting energy, building the immune system and easing ailments.
Obama has voiced his support for "women's issues" saying they "are not just women's issues, they are family issues and economic issues."
Gainesville's mayor is working to promote the president and keep Republicans in check.
Once again, Obama is offering his feminist touch. On Friday, President Obama championed women's health rights by issuing a compromise that will provide women with free birth control.
What a week to be a Catholic.
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that Florida schools don't have to follow federal regulations of the No Child Left Behind Act. Some Alachua County educators said the measure will allow schools to focus on evaluation methods other than the FCAT when determining whether a school is successful.
"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" This famous query, attributed to the 18th-century Irish philosopher George Berkeley, seems all too relevant today concerning our humanitarian apathy.
Compared to the horrible events of last week, things this week were pretty good. Except for the fact that the always-angry, holier-than-thou Rick Santorum won three states this week, there appears to be a lot of positive national news. This is not to say that everything is peachy, but we take the good news when it comes.
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