Blanket statements about groups of people are practically never advisable. But is generalizing about actions taken by a group similarly ill-advised?I ask because SG continues to prove itself a waste of...
Under the shade of the stately oaks and broad magnolias, there lives a tradition of excellence at Louisiana State University. For 150 years, this institution has sought to educate the brightest...
War isn't a purgatory where sins are perfectly judged in the convenience of eternity. War is hell. Decisions are made quickly, and indiscriminate bullets rip through the flesh of saints and sinners alike.This...
Burns: The word "socialism" has been tossed around quite a bit ever since the election of President Obama. Many conservatives have gone so far as to use the "s-word" to discredit the president's agenda...
With the passage of health care reform last month, political pundits have been hungry for more news to feed the gaping maw of speculation. Right on cue, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced...
It's 7:45 a.m. on a Saturday, and Betty White's look-a-like is knocking on my door.BANG! BANG! BANG! "I'm at your front door," she hollers.No way in hell, I think. I'm in my bedroom — naked —...
The monetary maxim "In God We Trust" bears an ambiguity of divine proportions.In which god are we, as a "secular" nation, confiding our federal fiscal love?To pursue this anomaly, we must look past the...
People respond to prices. We decide whether or not to consume something based on its price and the factors of supply and demand.But a problem occurs when prices don't reflect the actual costs of doing...
Another serious accusation has been levied against the University — and the offended parties are once again loudly and publicly claiming administrators flagrantly violated the academic freedom of...
Another serious accusation has been levied against the University — and the offended parties are once again loudly and publicly claiming administrators flagrantly violated the academic freedom of...
Journalists rejoice about tragedy. It sounds bad, I know. But I don't blame them for it. The world didn't get worse — it's the news coverage that got much better through the years of that crazy 20th...
"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."These words are taken from the Bhagavad Gita, a sacred Hindu text. They are the words of a wrathful god preparing to seek bloody vengeance on humanity.But...
