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Satire: Ariana Grande is No Longer Mariah Carey’s Horcrux

Satire: Ariana Grande is No Longer Mariah Carey’s Horcrux

By John Gavin Harp November 19, 2015

Ariana Grande released her new single “Focus” on Oct. 30 to much fanfare. The only person who wasn’t happy was icy sorceress Mariah Carey. Grande revealed that, until recently, she was...

Opinion: U.S., Syrian refugees v. Jewish refugees in the 1940s; sad history predicts a sad future

November 19, 2015

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Louisiana State Police Col. Mike Edmonson gives a commemorating speech to the citizens and law enforcement at the rally on Monday Sept. 14, 2015, at the Louisiana State Capitol.

Opinion: Police need better PR, media should treat them better

By Kain Hingle November 17, 2015

Cops are generally not thought of as cool. The media besmirches the good name of police officers, and it shows. The latest Rasmussen Reports national survey found 58 percent of likely voters think there...

Starbucks War on Christmas

Opinion: Donald Trump’s antics will cost us dearly if elected

By Mariah Manuel November 17, 2015

According to Donald Trump, we should all boycott the Jesus-hating, troops-loving Starbucks because of its horribly offensive red coffee cups. If he becomes president, we’ll all say “Merry Christmas”...

Opinion: Neil Cavuto's Million Student March interview was shameful

Opinion: Neil Cavuto’s Million Student March interview was shameful

By Mariah Manuel November 16, 2015

Access to free college is a hot button issue in the 2016 presidential election. The issue received more attention on Thursday in a cringe-worthy interview by Fox Business Network. Anchor Neil Cavuto interviewed...

Serbian police officers trying to organise migrants queuing to get registered at a refugee center in the southern Serbian town of Presevo, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. Refugees fleeing war by the tens of thousands fear the Paris attacks could prompt Europe to close its doors, especially after police said a Syrian passport found next to one attacker’s body suggested its owner passed through Greece into the European Union and on through Macedonia and Serbia last month. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Opinion: Closing Louisiana’s borders is not Christian

By Justin DiCharia November 16, 2015

To the Israelites, God proclaimed: “Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.” Yet, fear mongering and pedantic politics...

Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Bel Edwards speaks to reporters after his debate against challenger Sen. David Vitter, R-La., in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Opinion: Gubernatorial debates should discuss coastal issues

By Michael Beyer November 16, 2015

Louisiana’s coast could be gone for good. I’m not exaggerating when I say Louisiana is falling into the Gulf of Mexico. A football field every hour, 16 square miles per year, according to The...

An audience member listens as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Iowa Central Community College, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Opinion: Trump isn’t a joke anymore, and that’s scary

By Clarke Perkins November 15, 2015

There aren’t many things scarier than picturing Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. That’s a nightmare you wake up screaming from. Throwback to when Trump first announced...

Investigating police officers inspect the lifeless body of a victim of a shooting attack outside the Bataclan concert hall in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Well over 100 people were killed in Paris on Friday night in a series of shooting, explosions. French President Francois Hollande declared a state of emergency and announced that he was closing the country's borders. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Opinion: Paris attacks not representative of all Muslims

By Cody Sibley November 15, 2015

We’re all angry and in shock over the recent terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, but we shouldn’t use that anger to cloud our judgement. Islamic State group terrorized Paris and the western...

President Barack Obama, shakes hands with retired Army captain Florent Groberg, after bestowing the nation's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor to Groberg during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015. The former Army captain received the medal after he tackled a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Opinion: Obama isn’t THAT bad.

By Mariah Manuel November 12, 2015

President Obama faces trash talk from every angle: left, right and center. Turn on cable news and you’ll hear endless Obama bashing from the talking heads. Whatever the current source of disappointment...

State Sen. Karen Carter Peterson - One of the many women taking all the jobs.

Satire: There aren’t enough men in Louisiana politics

By Michael Beyer November 12, 2015

Louisiana’s women are stealing political jobs from hard-working, honest men. According to The Center for Women in Politics, labeled a hate group by the men’s rights group “Mo’ Money...

Republican presidential candidate, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, speaks at the Iowa GOP's Growth and Opportunity Party at the Iowa state fair grounds in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Satire: Bobby Jindal warns us that, at any time, he could return to Louisiana

By Cody Sibley November 12, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal briefly came down to Louisiana to warn everyone that while he is still running for president, he’ll come home to Louisiana forever if he loses. “I might have relocated to...