By now, most people have heard how Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, speaking to wealthy supporters at a private fundraiser, effectively wrote off almost half the country — the 47 percent...
Snitches get stitches. Honor among thieves.
There’s a whole host of old clichés that describe a philosophy common among criminal types —you don’t talk to the cops.
It’s...
Hi there, let’s talk about Jesus.
Generally those words are followed by the sound of people swiftly locking their doors.
Not so much lately, since Harvard Professor Karen L. King unearthed a...
As said by Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton, “Well it’s politricks time again, are you going to vote now?”
With the Nov. 6 presidential elections fast approaching, what is a student...
Desperate politics call for desperate measures.
I like to think this went through the mind of Gov. Bobby Jindal when he signed on to join Rick Santorum, the Tim Tebow of politics, on an Iowa bus tour...
With further evidence of an impending economic downturn and the fate of millions of unemployed and underemployed Americans hanging in the balance, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared last week...
What is the difference between bailing out American farmers and bailing out Wall Street?
For that matter, what is the difference between giving struggling farmers money they didn’t earn versus...
The current political climate is dominated by knee-jerk reactions.
It’s a result of the 24-hour news cycle and a strongly polarized two-party system. When we see something we don’t like,...
The way I look at it, Louisiana’s seasons go in the order of Mardi Gras season, crawfish season, fishing season and duck season, with a hurricane season that likes to linger somewhere between fishing...
It has been nine days since America’s consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was put to the torch and nine days since Ambassador Christopher Stevens died at the hands of militant sociopaths.
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As McDonald’s embraces some new changes, many other national fast food chains aren’t lovin’ it.
Following the Supreme Court ruling to uphold Obama’s healthcare law requiring national...
Jerome Richardson is 46 years old. He has spent more than two-thirds of his life as a prisoner.
But now, thanks to a new Louisiana law, he is eligible for parole for the first time since he was handed...
