Faux—er, Fox News announced today that Sarah Palin will be added to its list of on-air personalities, and the Editorial Board can’t decide whether to ask, “What the hell?” or nod knowingly.
I’m starting to cringe whenever I hear “carpe diem.”
The Editorial Board is no stranger to household pests — if the rats living in our ceiling aren’t bad enough, we’ve recently developed an ant problem that won’t go away no matter how many ant bombs we put around the office.
“I have never seen outright hatred for a president like I have seen with Obama,” is a quote from Paul Murty’s guest column on Friday. I would like to disagree. First off, the only president our generation can compare President Obama to is President Bush
I found a chart online recently consisting of two pictures. The top picture had a map of the United States with states highlighted where gay marriage was legal: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont and New Hampshire. Pretty simple picture — five states. The picture below it was the same map but with a lot of states colored. That one? States where it’s legal to marry your first cousin.
Remember that YouTube video starring the overly concerned Britney Spears fan begging the American public to just leave the pop princess alone?
It was a banner week for bipartisan tomfoolery, culminating on Friday and coming from both Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele and Democratic strategist James Carville.
We know it’s not time for Darts and Laurels yet, but the Editorial Board would like to commend state Rep. Christine Johnson for agreeing to carry a child for a gay couple in Utah — one of only six states in the U.S. to explicitly ban gay adoption.
Welcome back to a new semester, a new decade and a new onslaught of laughs, tears and things that’ll just plain piss you off brought to you by yours truly.
I can’t help but wonder why President Obama has received so much more heat from certain members of the media and from certain factions of the country than any public figure I can remember. The recent attempted bombing by a Nigerian terrorist has prompted those members of the media to come out from the woodwork to –- yet again –- criticize Obama. This time it is because he took 72 hours to publicly respond to the situation, after consulting with security teams from Christmas until Dec. 28.
John Walsh Needs to Keep His Mouth Shut. It’s not that his crime-fighting endeavor “America’s Most Wanted” hasn’t proven to be successful — it has, most recently with the capture of Jupiter massacre suspect Paul Mehinge — but rather that he, in his position of influence as a popular television host, should stop trying to be judge, jury and executioner, as he did recently when he called for capital punishment for the above suspect.
The question is, nearly a decade later, is it still too soon for 9/11 references?
The end of a decade is naturally a time for reflection, and the end of this decade has inspired overwhelmingly bad reviews from everyone who has taken the time to ponder the last ten years of depressing suckitude.
It’s almost that time again. That time when no one is safe from the mass of blue, orange and red fliers.
Remember the Octomom?
To say that living as a transgender American is difficult is probably an understatement. But with the national spotlight beaming down on you (not to mention press camera lights), it just plain “sucks,” according to Amanda Simpson.
Last decade was not a fun decade in which to grow up.
This is in response to Kenneth Maness’ letter in Tuesday’s Alligator asserting that “doctors are the real problem with health care in America.” His broadside contributes nothing to the serious debate about American health care reform. Further, he demonstrates the epitome of ignorance about a health care system that involves countless parties: doctors, patients, insurance carriers, malpractice attorneys and dozens of state and federal government agencies, each of whom contribute to how health care is provided and consumed in America and each of whom impact the cost of that care.
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