Paying one's own way, as comedian Daniel Tosh's recent "Daniel's Kickstarter" routine reminds us, is a self-sabotaging Ponzi scheme. "Like a lot of you," he deadpans with Sarah McLachlan's signature gut-wrenching...

If you listened closely as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker walked away from the podium after his victory speech, you could almost hear the American Left's vitality being snuffed out. Already down, the conservative...

When Republicans convened in Shreveport on June 2 for the Louisiana Republican State Convention, they planned on voting for 46 delegates for the Republican National Convention in August and going home. Instead,...

It was May and already summer, for all intents and purposes. School was out for most University students, and downtown Baton Rouge was infected with their blissed-out, donezo rabidity. For my own part,...

Bonnaroo has become synonymous with the outrageously drug-fueled, sun-kissed party on a farm that it admittedly is. But it might as well be a synonym for unpredictable, too, and I found that out this year...

As if our generation needed another excuse or pathway for intoxication, French-American scientist David Edwards has released a spray, which, when ingested, causes brief intoxication with no after-effects....

The Louisiana House of Representatives is trying to ruin this University. University students received a mass e-mail May 21 from Chancellor Mike Martin outlining the House's plan to cut more than $200...

Mitt Romney is now the Republican nominee. With Texas in his back pocket, "Richie Rich" Romney has theoretically accrued enough delegates to more or less call curtains on the primary season. Now we can...

On Memorial Day, presidential candidate Mitt Romney decided he would take advantage of the military holiday by pointing out the difference between his military plans and President Obama's to the veterans...

The Internet isn't broken, but that hasn't stopped Congress from trying to fix it. We got our first taste of their reforms when Congress tried to pass SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect...

This spring I returned to LSU. The last time I had been on the campus as a student was 1978-79. I am fairly old now, and I thought it may be important to express my findings about the students who I had...

Why did we invade Iraq? More importantly, why haven't we intervened in Syria? Obviously, there are many differences between the two countries. They have two distinct cultures. It would be like comparing...