Opinion
Darts and Laurels
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2011Be on your toes today, Gators. You’ve got to stay sharp, lest you fall victim to another lame April Fool’s joke.
Opinion
Opinion
Democrats’ driving tax is ridiculous
By Bob Minchin | Mar. 31, 2011Just when it seems like the Democrats have exhausted their playbook — just when it looks as if the left has attempted every trick in the liberal agenda — it turns out that they have.
Sports
End of the dance: A new road opens
By BILL O'CONNOR | Mar. 30, 2011“Man, am I glad to see you.”
Opinion
Supersize Lawsuit
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2011In case you haven’t heard, our favorite obnoxiously large supermarket chain is pleading its case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as it tries to avoid the largest job bias class action lawsuit ever. We don’t know yet if Walmart actually will go to trial over claims of sexism on the job, but we do know the court is split along gender and there are an incredible number of variables to keep in mind when considering a lawsuit with some 1.6 million people involved.
Opinion
Scott for cronies, not average Floridian
By Chad Mohammed | Mar. 30, 2011I seem to be in fair company with writing this article, as a recent poll showed that Gov. Rick Scott has an approval rating of just 32 percent. On an assortment of issues from education funding to reductions in state workers’ salaries, the governor simply is in the wrong.
Opinion
Young Gun; Rubio returns to spotlight, demands reforms
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 30, 2011Remember Marco Rubio?
Sports
‘Football is football,’ and other valuable spring practice insights
Mar. 29, 2011If you are feeling lucky, drive down SW 2nd Avenue.
Opinion
Damage Control: Virginia Tech looks to dodge shooting blame
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2011Every one of us hopes that, in a crisis, our university’s security measures will come through and help mitigate the threat posed to students, faculty and staff. That hope was snuffed out for many Virginia Tech students following the infamous 2007 shooting, and the Department of Education is trying to send campus officials a message with a $55,000 fine in return.
Opinion
Sexting Reform
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2011As is the case with many of our constantly evolving technological developments, our legal system hasn’t quite caught up to the capabilities of current cellphones and the phenomena they spawn.
Opinion
Market can’t keep up with law grads
By Wesley Campbell | Mar. 29, 2011There’s no way around it, because no matter where you turn or how much you try to ignore it, the U.S. is seeing some tough economic times. Yet, despite the fact that job growth in many sectors is slow, law schools seem to be doing nothing less than ignoring this fact and hammering away at the idea that going to law school is a great idea.
Opinion
In response to a modest proposal
By Andrew Robb | Mar. 29, 2011Kendra Vincent’s Monday letter is absolutely right: Women’s rights are under attack. Yet the danger is far greater than she acknowledges. What our state legislature threatens tomorrow unfair laws against infanticide limit now.
Sports
Undersized Florida will miss big men, be guard-heavy in 2011-12
By ADAM BERRY | Mar. 28, 2011I hope Florida fans enjoyed the Gators’ low-post dominance Saturday more than UF’s players and coaches seemingly did, because they won’t be seeing much of it next year.
Opinion
We Heart the OED
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 28, 2011It may come as a surprise, but we aren’t language purists.
Opinion
Florida House bills would attack women’s right to choose
By Kendra Vincent | Mar. 28, 2011Women’s rights are under attack again.
Opinion
Spelling worsened by technology crutch
By Laura Ellermeyer | Mar. 28, 2011Predictive text technology is a wonderful thing. If you know only a few letters or the beginning of a word, most smartphones will automatically suggest multiple options for what you were looking for.
Opinion
Living Memory: Ferraro’s impact on U.S. politics still felt
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 27, 2011You don’t have to be a woman to appreciate the advances Geraldine Ferraro made in her 1984 shot at the vice presidency. After her death on Saturday, we’ve been realizing that she, along with others of her ilk, have been changing our nation far more than the requisite history-class mention would have us think.
Opinion
Pound Foolish
By The Alligator Editorial Board | Mar. 27, 2011With one in 17 of us living with a serious mental illness, it should raise some eyebrows when our state decides to cut all funding to adult mental health services.
Opinion
Florida, other states should elect judges
By Zack Smith | Mar. 27, 2011It’s a basic tenant of American society that public-policy makers are held accountable for their decisions by an informed electorate.
Opinion
US government wrong to turn a blind eye to Bahraini massacre
By Dr. Aunali S. Khaku | Mar. 27, 2011I am writing to express my strong condemnation of the current massacre being perpetrated against the Bahraini people by Bahraini, Emirati and Saudi armed forces with tacit approval of our government.
