New Orleans has always been a great city, but now it seems more people are taking notice.
In fact, I'd venture to say it's the new New York.
New Orleans has its own boroughs, including Uptown, Downtown,...
Shaima Alawadi fled Iraq to escape the brutal oppression she and her family suffered at the hands of Saddam Hussein.
They lived in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia before moving to El Cajon, Calif.,...
AMES, Iowa (UWIRE) - The Israeli and Iranian governments have both exchanged quite a lot of threats that entail large-scale bombing runs on each other. President Barack Obama recently stated the United...
Gas prices continue to steadily increase in time for summer travels. Who's to blame for these crippling costs?
The easy answer would be our commander-in-chief, President Barack Obama, right?
Wrong.
In...
The most important job of the press is arguably its role as a watchdog function.
It's what drew me to pursue a major in journalism. The prospect of taking on established leaders and politicians and calling...
Pimpin' ain't easy, especially for an alleged rapist.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund and apparent sex fiend, made headlines last year when a New York hotel maid...
It was just a few weeks ago that Greg Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive, resigned from the esteemed financial firm in an incredibly public way by writing an op-ed in The New York Times titled "Why...
If you spend way too much time updating your status and mindlessly sharing links on Facebook, you might be a narcissist.
According to recent research, active Facebook users who spend a significant amount...
Cigarettes and alcohol.
This pair was once as inseparable and acceptable - and American - as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but somewhere along the line a rift was born, leaving drinkers steaming...
On Friday morning, many Louisiana schoolteachers' fears became reality.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's education reform plan was pushed through the House of Representatives with a 64-40 vote.
In a column last week,...
The current Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, announced his resignation last week, effective by the end of this year.
Unlike popes or patriarchs, it's not unusual for the spiritual head of the...
When I was in my high school American history class, we read a book called "Profiles in Courage" by a guy named John F. Kennedy. You may have heard of him. In his book, Kennedy discussed U.S. senators...
