To protest the dearth of available options at the multiplex, I decided to raid the vault and watch one of those highly touted films from way back. I ended up seeing director Frank Capra's 1939 film "Mr....
Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, Connecticut and New Jersey all have two things in common.First, none of them have a college football program ranked in the top 25. Second, 33 percent or more of each...
Before you give all of your disposable income to that old guy walking around with poor children on late night infomercials, hold the phone. There are other ways to help impoverished people that don't involve...
A long time ago, in a magical land simply known as 1985, there lived a plumber named Mario. It was Mario's duty to rescue the princess from the evil King Koopa and restore happiness to the Mushroom Kingdom.Mario...
My mother spent a lot of her time trying to raise a good Southern belle. Seeing how I'm as much my father's daughter as I am hers, she definitely had her work cut out for her. I didn't quite grow up to...
"Libertarian."You've probably encountered this term before. But the word gets tossed around so often by so many diametrically opposed pundits — like Glenn Beck and Bill Maher — that it's hard...
It's common knowledge we should respect the military.After all, the common rhetoric goes, the soldiers overseas are fighting for our freedom.If any American mentions the military in a less-than favorable...
Words are important.If this claim seems self-serving coming from someone who will be trying to make a living off them in a few years, maybe it is. But that doesn't change the fact that words and what they...
EDITOR'S NOTE: Jon Frosch is a guest columnist not regularly appearing in the Daily Reveille.Flying is pretty much the worst experience possible. Quite frankly, I cannot understand why people enjoy it....
Book banning isn't always a terrible idea.Granted, I agree with the main premise of The Intellectual Freedom Exhibition held by the LSU Libraries, just not its broad generalizations.Found on the second...
As Chuck Norris might have put it, betrayal is a dish best served with a swift roundhouse kick to the face. Such was the case Sunday when Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre's every move was filmed,...
We call hate crimes unnecessary, but the term "hate crime" may not be necessary, either.On Oct. 28, President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard Act, extending federal hate crime laws to protect a wider...
