Imagine going to a coffee shop, ordering your typical 12-ounce latte and being charged for a 20-ounce drink. The shop doesn’t have room to hold any more wasteful small cups, and the large, which costs a good deal more, will lead to higher profits for the premier coffee institution.
The Brits have a big problem. In fact, they have an extra-extra-extra-extra-large problem to wrap their minds and belts around.
As candidates across our great land of amber waves of grain push full throttle in the final two days of election season, they’re realizing it’s do-or-die time.
We see you’ve made it through your near booklet of a sample ballot, filling in the bubbles for the best candidates (in black ink because apparently blue is just not acceptable) as we work our way through the endorsements of major political candidates. But you still have local races, judges to not reappoint (read: Charles T. Canady) and lots of amendments to bravely work your way through. Luckily, we’re not going to abandon you in the wake of a mind-numbing panic of legalese. Stay with us as we present you with your very own and possibly very first This-Looks-A-Lot-Like-Darts-&-Laurels-But-It’s-Really-Not edition of Amendment Showdown.
If a voter wants experience in the race for top attorney in Florida, both the Republican and Democratic choice fits the bill.
It’s slim pickings for Floridians electing the person to replace Gov. Charlie Crist as he heads into near-certain obscurity.
In one of the most nationally coveted Senate seats, Florida’s race has turned into a three-ring circus with three unusually well-qualified candidates actively challenging the dominant two-party bipolarity.
As we approach our fourth consecutive weekend that will not produce a Gators football win and blissfully approach the orange-and-black-draped pseudo holiday that makes it OK to be nearly naked, we can’t help but wonder where all this time has gone.
If a group of Republican lawmakers succeeds in its foolishly misguided endeavors, children of illegal immigrants might as well just put “Limbo” on their birth certificates.
Virginia Phillips is quickly becoming the most powerful woman in America.
We’re proud of our justice system in this country. We don’t imprison Nobel Peace Prize winners like China does, unless you count that whole Martin Luther King Jr. situation when we threw the book at him for being black.
If the Tea Party gets any more laughs, or gets any crazier, we’re going to have to start wondering if it’s Kool-Aid in their cups rather than chai.
It’s not often we say this, but Nelly might be on par with Nostradamus.
Put that hoe down! Step away from the wandering stallion. And leave. Just leave that sad brown duckling in the pond.
For a nation so grossly aroused by confrontation, the U.S. does a fine job sweeping semi--important secrets under the rug.
If you’re energized and dedicated enough to get out of bed on your day off and realize UF recognizes the day before Homecoming as a holiday but not the day before Thanksgiving, good for you!
Fearing for their livelihoods in November’s election, the Dems are rolling out the big guns.
Fearing for their livelihoods in November’s election, the Dems are rolling out the big guns.
You’ll be waiting a little longer for your already-making-you-late-for-class-with-a-line-stretching-to-Quiznos $6.87 skinny, double-shot, extra-hot, no-foam, in-a-reusable-cup-please, sugar-free-syrup, soy Mochachinofrappelatte.
When weighing a quasi-important, ecologically destructive decision in the aftermath of the nation’s largest environmental catastrophe, apparently six months is plenty.
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