Ken Is Speaking Blog

Incumbency Is the Word

According to a limited review of the Senate roster and the candidate lists, it appears UF could re-elect as many as 14 of its current roster of 46 Spring senators. Unite has 3 incumbents...

Open Letter to Some SG Bloggers

To those SG bloggers that have reasons to criticize my commentary, I say this: I recall defending my right to say something in the Alligator, but that’s about it. Indeed, the only reason I...

Swamp vs. Ignite

Three weeks ago, I posted about the four main demographics that dominate SG elections at UF. I’ve also said in the past that the Swamp/Ignite race of 2002 defied the normal elements of these...

From the “Duh” News Desk

Apparently, Yahoo! and the AP think it’s news that Justice Ruth Bayer Ginsburg is the only Associate Justice on the Supreme Court that is female. I know during slow news days you have to...

Managing Your Press

NAGAS, one of the few remaining on-campus SG bloggers, came back from a hiatus today to ask: What have I missed? The easy answer is not much. The biggest flaw I’ve seen thus far...

Tasty Thursday

If I were Susan, I would have announced the event today, but actually held the meet-and-greet on Sunday. Just picture it: Susan’s Sweet Sundae. Regardless, she got quite a bit of good press over...

Earmarks or Pillowmarks?

Senator Arlen Specter is the latest victim of the Republican earmarks/lobbying scandal: The Pennsylvania Republican lawmaker’s statement was in response to a USA Today report published Thursday which said Specter had succeeded 13 times...

When a Leak Is a Declassification

Apparently, Dick Cheney thinks he can declassify government secrets. I’m not going to dispute that, because I don’t know the case law or the executive order he’s referring to. I have a different issue...