Welcome back, everyone. I hope that your winter break was relaxing and you got to spend time with family, friends and loved ones. Mine sure was, but it wasn’t the only thing I got to accomplish during my quick respite back home.
According to a Gallup poll released Monday, 43 is now higher than 44. That is, former President George W. Bush is now more popular than current President Barack Obama with a 47 percent approval to 46 percent approval, respectively.
Stop pretending. Stop it right now. If there’s one thing you can do for yourself and others this coming new year, I need you to stop pretending.
This was an excellent year to be a Republican and/or a fan of sludge.
This year started off in memorable fashion with the president’s State of the Union address, in which he notably criticized the Supreme Court and got a round of applause for disrespecting the judicial branch. The government fighting like children was a running theme of the year.
It’s been a tragic week for the United States, and all of us should be mourning the events that have occurred.
I have a confession to make, and it’s not going to be easy. I’ve carried this burden for many years, and I’m not quite sure how to just bare it for all to see. I’m told confession is cathartic, so here goes: I don’t like Christmas music.
There are a lot of important things going on in the world right now. WikiLeaks reared its ugly head back into the national spotlight with the release of diplomatic cables and a lot of juicy gossip.
WikiLeaks spewed out a bunch of classified American diplomatic documents this week, and it was disheartening to learn that what passes for statecraft these days could easily be mistaken for a worldly version of Us Weekly.
In the words of the lyrics sung by Kenny Rogers, “You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.”
I see them out sometimes, and sometimes in class the next day. Bodies dry, withered and hated. Revelry at late night hours in 40-watt splendor. Sloppy and slippery moral codes bound to the most basic human needs.
When I was accepted to UF (after being rejected four times), I yelled. That's how excited I was.
Since I began writing this column at the beginning of the year, I’ve had a few regrets.
Now that whining politicians and journalists have bravely taken a stand against the malt energy phenomenon known as Four Loko, maybe they can now turn their sights to another powerful combination that can be hazardous to those who imbibe it in too-large doses.
Lets be real, when you get fired from a job you’ve had for at least two years, are you really in a cheerful mood?
People shouldn’t be protesting against immigration reform for illegal aliens. They should be protesting against the immigration laws and system as a whole. For a country founded on immigration, America has some of the most complex, unforgiving, expensive and xenophobic immigration laws of any developed country. The entire system is in dire need of major reform.
As I fought off those November blues, I decided to channel surf through the limited cable my apartment complex provides.
Listen closely. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of five hundred million groans as Facebook tweaks itself again, changing the functionality of its inbox to become even more social and even less private.
Just like they do with old newspapers and aluminum cans, Gainesville residents should start to recycle their logic into something more eco-friendly.
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