By Esteban O Sullivan

The SpringBoard dinner will take place on April 9 at the Matheson Museum, 513 E. University Ave. For more information, call the Civic Media Center at (352) 373-0100.

By Lydia Fiser

I don’t have much to say about this other than watch it. Staceyann Chin is truthful and raw and reminds me why free speech is so essential. I know that about three minutes into this, almost every man will shun away, click out of the blog post, close his laptop, and run. Don’t. Keep watching. [...]

By Jessica Newman

Today, Nov. 9, marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event many deem to be the ultimate triumph of democracy, like Ross Douthat of the New York Times. In fact, media outlets all over the world celebrated the anniversary today as an event that brought “democracy” to the Eastern bloc. [...]

By Scott Camil

We ask our young to show their patriotism by being willing to sacrifice their their futures in Americas wars. At the same time we allow the corporations and businesses that supply the needs of our military to make huge profits while our kids are maimed and killed. Why shouldn’t  these  corporations and businesses have to [...]

By Jessica Newman

While President Obama pledges to phase the American military out of harm’s way in Iraq, he also pledges to increase its presence in Afghanistan, a place where most military experts say we have no chance of winning a war with force. More than 4,900 soldiers have died since the global war on terror began in [...]