My eighth grade religion teacher once made 10 kids pull 10 desks to the front of the class.Every student represented a tenth of the population, and each desk represented a tenth of the wealth."Everyone...
Let's take a journey back in time.The date is April 10, 1912, and you and your family are preparing to board the Titanic.As your family boards, you notice something alarming: there aren't nearly enough...
Most people will tell you the pinetree aroma of Christmas or the food coma following a Thanksgiving feast make these the best holidays.Actually, Lent is the best season.You would think only Catholics love...
Who or what dictates morality? This has been debated incessantly for ages by many greater than I.One side usually says religion. The other says it's innate in our human consciousness.The simplest answer:...
If you have never been to a concert of LSU Symphony Orchestra, I advise you to give it a try this week — we are having a concert on Wednesday, March 3 at 8 p.m. at First Baptist Church in downtown...
Many — especially those in the military — presumed George Washington would become the next king at the conclusion of the American Revolution.Washington had no interest in political power, and...
I generally try to stay out of pop culture topics. It's partially because it's boring, but it's mostly because I'm functionally pop-culture illiterate.But every once in a while I find a pop culture phenomenon...
If "New Coke" is remembered as one of the monumental failures of all time, perhaps LSU's version of "New Coke" is the "green treadmill."At the beginning of this semester, I noticed the UREC had a new machine....
Life is colored in shades of gray. Nothing is entirely right or wrong. And the ends often do seem to justify the means.Does the desire to help Haitian children in distress justify 10 Baptist missionaries'...
One of the few reality TV shows I watch is "Toddlers & Tiaras." There is something grotesquely fabulous about tiny children, usually girls, prancing around in tacky, thousand-dollar outfits, fake hair...
I pose a simple question to you today: Do you want one million dollars?I know I sure do — who doesn't?There are various ways you could go about doing this. You could win the lottery, rob a bank,...
A "corporate whore who fakes compassion to gain the trust of the general public" is one of many colorful definitions you'll find on Urban Dictionary when you search the word "politician." Webster just...
