Join the party, Charlie; Crist should switch to Democrats
Switching parties is the orange glow governor’s only chance to win U.S. Senate seat
Self-image week demeans women, fails to recognize men
It’s an age-old college tale. Two perfectly decent-looking girls are one-upping each other when it comes to the circumference of their legs.
Have you ever eavesdropped on an effeminate conversation that goes a little something like this?
“My thighs are so much bigger than yours. I so need to go on a diet.”
“No way, my thighs [...]
In defense of gridlocked government: no progress is progress
Who says “broken government” is such a bad idea?
Funding Compassion doesn’t make cents in an era of tight budgets
Mantra of fiscal responsibility betrayed with superfluous spending
Don’t count on Obama, Democrats, repeating the Carter malaise
There may be scores of readers who might suggest that President Barack Obama is the reincarnation offormer President Jimmy Carter.
Carter was the ill-fated president who suffered the turmoil of going through several domestic and international crises all at the same time, while sustaining intense criticism long after he left office in electoral humiliation.
But is Obama [...]
Exhibit shows Jacksonville’s unsavory history of racial tension
February is black history month. You probably already knew that.
But what you might not know about is Jacksonville’s sordid and shameful history of segregation and racial discrimination.
This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, a somber day of racial unrest that swept our River City into the ferocious maelstrom of the Civil [...]
Mass. senate election is wake up call for Dems: lead or lose
In the aftermath of the shocking upset in the Massachusetts special election Jan. 19 to replace the late, great Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats were “downtrodden” and “hysterical.”
The Wall Street Journal, the newspaper of record for capitalist dogma and right wing propaganda, used these seemingly antonymous words to describe the Democrats the morning after Taxachusetts [...]
Smoking restrictions infringe on freedom
Remember the good old days when you could smoke a cigarette in class? How about the common adage “a cigarette a day keeps the doctor away,” and those very doctors were puffing away in hopes that each successive drag would align their humors?
Neither do we, and while we don’t miss those ignorant halcyon days, we feel [...]
Cheney, Republicans have no credibility on national security
In the days following the failed Christmas Day bombing plot, congresspersons refrained from publicly holding hands and singing a patriotic hymn of some kind. There was neither a bipartisan rush to declare support for the commander in chief, nor was there even a scintilla of national solidarity on display.
What emerged instead was a sordid fusillade of finger pointing and political posturing.
Rather than condemn al-Qaida [...]
Parking Services passive on premium parking problem
It’s the beginning of a new semester, and with it comes the usual aggravations — the Cashier’s Office, One Stop and crowded classrooms full of optimistic wait-listers and slouching slackers who probably won’t show up again until the final.
Nothing sucks more than realizing you probably should have gotten to class earlier because only the horrible ‘80s printed, hardened, yet gummy, carpet offers seating in a [...]
Join the party, Charlie; Crist should switch to Democrats
Switching parties is the orange glow governor’s only chance to win U.S. Senate seat
Self-image week demeans women, fails to recognize men
It’s an age-old college tale. Two perfectly decent-looking girls are one-upping each other when it comes to the circumference of their legs.
Have you ever eavesdropped on an effeminate conversation that goes a little something like this?
“My thighs are so much bigger than yours. I so need to go on a diet.”
“No way, my thighs [...]
In defense of gridlocked government: no progress is progress
Who says “broken government” is such a bad idea?
Funding Compassion doesn’t make cents in an era of tight budgets
Mantra of fiscal responsibility betrayed with superfluous spending
Don’t count on Obama, Democrats, repeating the Carter malaise
There may be scores of readers who might suggest that President Barack Obama is the reincarnation offormer President Jimmy Carter.
Carter was the ill-fated president who suffered the turmoil of going through several domestic and international crises all at the same time, while sustaining intense criticism long after he left office in electoral humiliation.
But is Obama [...]
Exhibit shows Jacksonville’s unsavory history of racial tension
February is black history month. You probably already knew that.
But what you might not know about is Jacksonville’s sordid and shameful history of segregation and racial discrimination.
This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of Axe Handle Saturday, a somber day of racial unrest that swept our River City into the ferocious maelstrom of the Civil [...]
Mass. senate election is wake up call for Dems: lead or lose
In the aftermath of the shocking upset in the Massachusetts special election Jan. 19 to replace the late, great Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats were “downtrodden” and “hysterical.”
The Wall Street Journal, the newspaper of record for capitalist dogma and right wing propaganda, used these seemingly antonymous words to describe the Democrats the morning after Taxachusetts [...]
Smoking restrictions infringe on freedom
Remember the good old days when you could smoke a cigarette in class? How about the common adage “a cigarette a day keeps the doctor away,” and those very doctors were puffing away in hopes that each successive drag would align their humors?
Neither do we, and while we don’t miss those ignorant halcyon days, we feel [...]
Cheney, Republicans have no credibility on national security
In the days following the failed Christmas Day bombing plot, congresspersons refrained from publicly holding hands and singing a patriotic hymn of some kind. There was neither a bipartisan rush to declare support for the commander in chief, nor was there even a scintilla of national solidarity on display.
What emerged instead was a sordid fusillade of finger pointing and political posturing.
Rather than condemn al-Qaida [...]
Parking Services passive on premium parking problem
It’s the beginning of a new semester, and with it comes the usual aggravations — the Cashier’s Office, One Stop and crowded classrooms full of optimistic wait-listers and slouching slackers who probably won’t show up again until the final.
Nothing sucks more than realizing you probably should have gotten to class earlier because only the horrible ‘80s printed, hardened, yet gummy, carpet offers seating in a [...]