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Share the Wealth: Do voter ID laws discriminate against minorities?

By Jay Meyers
Columnist
September 6, 2012

Republicans have made it clear they will stop at nothing to keep President Obama from being re-elected to second term - even if it means depriving certain minority groups of the right to vote. Republican-controlled...

Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III, right, and Apple's iPhone 4S are displayed at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. After a year of scorched-earth litigation, a jury decided Friday that Samsung ripped off the innovative technology used by Apple to create its revolutionary iPhone and iPad. The jury in San Jose, Calif., ordered Samsung to pay Apple $1.05 billion. An appeal is expected. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Manufacturing Discontent: Apple versus Samsung ruling is bad for consumers here here

By Columnist September 5, 2012

Think different, or you’ll be sued. With the announcement of the next iPhone likely coming next week, enthusiastic fans are preparing to stand in lines yet again in order to play with a new iDevice. ...

The Traditionalist: Keeping the French, language lives on in Louisiana

By Columnist September 5, 2012

Somewhere around I-10 Butte LaRose, the static on FM 101.1 breaks and the zydeco begins to roll. During the last 20-mile stretch to Lafayette I always let those flat Cajun accents on KBON sing me home. ...

La Seule Femme: Recent book paints students as needy and dependent

La Seule Femme: Recent book paints students as needy and dependent

By Columnist September 5, 2012

When newly graduated high school students think of college, many think of the additional responsibilities and stresses that accompany the newfound freedom away from their parents’ home. But some...

Manufacturing Discontent: Apple versus Samsung ruling is bad for consumers here here

By David Scheuermann
Columnist
September 4, 2012

  Think different, or you'll be sued. With the announcement of the next iPhone likely coming next week, enthusiastic fans are preparing to stand in lines yet again in order to play with a new iDevice....

The Traditionalist: Keeping the French, language lives on in Louisiana

By Chris Ortte
Columnist
September 4, 2012

Somewhere around I-10 Butte LaRose, the static on FM 101.1 breaks and the zydeco begins to roll. During the last 20-mile stretch to Lafayette I always let those flat Cajun accents on KBON sing me home....

La Seule Femme: Recent book paints students as needy and dependent

By Kate Mabry
Columnist
September 4, 2012

  When newly graduated high school students think of college, many think of the additional responsibilities and stresses that accompany the newfound freedom away from their parents' home. But some...

But He Means Well: Should ‘Mark Owen’ be punished for book on bin Laden raid?

By Columnist September 4, 2012

Over the past 10 years, our government has used national security concerns to justify a series of transgressions of civil liberties. Wiretaps, warrantless searches and even torture have all been justified...

The New Frontiersman: Should ‘Mark Owen’ be punished for book on bin Laden raid?

By Opinion Editor September 4, 2012

As reads the motto of the United States Navy SEALs, the only easy day was yesterday — especially if your name is not Mark Owen. Matt Bissonnette’s name is not Mark Owen. Yet yesterday was...

Scum of the Girth: Fall Break needed for students’ sanity

Scum of the Girth: Fall Break needed for students’ sanity

By Chief Columnist September 4, 2012

Hurricanes are not holidays. Holidays consist of planned vacations, hotels and maybe a flight. People plan to leave home during holidays. Hurricanes, on the contrary, force people out of their homes...

Hurricane Cartoon

In-Looking Outsider: Gustav, Katrina better prepared BR for Isaac

By Columnist September 3, 2012

In life, it is usually better to be proactive than reactive when dealing with problems. This is especially true when dealing with the reality of an impending hurricane. There was no better way to celebrate...

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney waves to delegates after speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Manufacturing Discontent: Libertarians, liberals should vote Gary Johnson

By Columnist September 3, 2012

It can’t be easy being a libertarian in the Republican Party. Despite the Republicans’ record with aggressive foreign policy, apathy toward civil liberties and fiscally irresponsible economic...