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The Damn Hamm: Unlikely voters the deciding factor in Obama’s re-election

By Taylor Hammons
Columnist
August 21, 2012

The probable question sitting on the tongues of modern-day Hamlets - passive Democrats - is: "To vote, or not to vote?" National polls have Obama ahead in electoral votes with a high projection of him...

Blue-Eyed Devil: Muslim hatred on the rise, economy tanks

By Columnist August 21, 2012

Two weeks ago, Wade Michael Page walked into the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., armed with a bicep full of racist tattoos and a Springfield 9mm semi- automatic handgun. Page proceeded to shoot down...

Pope condoms cartoon

Scum of the Girth: Pope OKs condoms, why do Catholics agree?

By Chief Columnist August 21, 2012

No glove, no love — from God. In a recently published interview with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican leader announced the Church’s new stance on condom use: it’s all good in the hood. ...

Scum of the Girth: Pope OKs condoms, why do Catholics agree?

By Parker Cramer
Chief Columnist
August 20, 2012

No glove, no love - from God. In a recently published interview with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican leader announced the Church's new stance on condom use: it's all good in the hood. Yes, faithful Catholics,...

Blue-Eyed Devil: Muslim hatred on the rise, economy tanks

By Nicholas Pierce
Columnist
August 19, 2012

Two weeks ago, Wade Michael Page walked into the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., armed with a bicep full of racist tattoos and a Springfield 9mm semi- automatic handgun. Page proceeded to shoot down six...

The Philibuster: Battle for American journalism rages in Athens, Ga.

By Columnist August 19, 2012

On May 24, 2012, with the assassination of The Times-Picayune by the coward S.I. Newshouse, Jr., the American capitalist formally declared war on the American journalist, a move “necessitated by...

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney greets La. Gov. Bobby Jindal in Basalt, Colo., on Aug. 2. At right is Texas Gov. Rick Perry.

Why Do We Fall?: Jindal plausible pick for Secretary of Education

By Columnist August 19, 2012

It was Thomas Jefferson who, in addressing the economist and Pennsylvanian delegate Tench Coxe in 1799 said, “Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rotten-ness begins in his conduct.” ...

Letter from the Editor: Fall semester brings new features to The Daily Reveille

By Andrea Gallo
Editor-in-Chief
August 18, 2012

Like a tiger roaming in a pitch-black night, it has crept up on us. The first day of the semester is here, and as students sporting pristine tennis shoes wade through the August humidity equipped with...

LSU Athletics Department lacks transparency

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board
August 18, 2012

We get chills watching the sun disappear behind the west grandstand in Tiger Stadium, but we cringe when people only recognize LSU as a football titan. We can't wait to walk through the Death Valley entrance...

Why Do We Fall?: Jindal plausible pick for Secretary of Education

By Arun Gunasekaran
Columnist
August 18, 2012

It was Thomas Jefferson who, in addressing the economist and Pennsylvanian delegate Tench Coxe in 1799 said, "Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rotten-ness begins in his conduct." Does...

The Philibuster: Battle for American journalism rages in Athens, Ga.

By Phil Sweeney
Columnist
August 18, 2012

On May 24, 2012, with the assassination of The Times-Picayune by the coward S.I. Newshouse, Jr., the American capitalist formally declared war on the American journalist, a move "necessitated by revolutionary...

The Philibuster: Chinese man’s stolen penis would make for a great screenplay

By Phil Sweeney
Columnist
July 25, 2012

The script for the following story reeks of the Cohen brothers. Ethan and Joel, that daft American movie-making duo, are a pair of kooky cooks of a Chinese buffet of films flavored with soy and sesame...