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The Devil’s Advocate: Protectionism breeds poverty, division, nuclear war

By By Daniel Morgan
Columnist
September 23, 2009

On Sept. 11, 2009 — unable to cope with a rapidly changing domestic economy — the United States of America declared war on the People's Republic of China.Before you pack your loved ones into...

Press X not to die: Apple is hit and miss with new iPod generation

By Adam Arinder
Columnist
September 23, 2009

I wonder what Christmas is like for Steve Jobs.As chairman and CEO for the most haughty, yet trendy company in technology – I'd imagine it'd be a splendid, superb time of year. Well, Christmas came...

Age of Delightenment: RPG addicts can find hope in new rehab center

By Sara Boyd
Columnist
September 23, 2009

My roommate and I skipped a week or two of class freshman year because we were playing The Sims. We sat in little papasan chairs with computers in our laps for hours upon hours, furiously building houses...

Letter to the Editor: 09/24/09

By
September 23, 2009

Leavines uniformed about Vector MarketingEditor's note: Daniel Lumetta is a former daily Reveille opinion columnist and opinion editorLast Monday, columnist Linnie Leavines offered an uninformed portrait...

Our View: Recycling program should be stadium-wide

By Editorial Board
September 23, 2009

When the Florida Gators come to Baton Rouge on Oct. 10, they will likely bring the season's largest crowd to Tiger StadiumLSUPD estimates the Southeastern Conference showdown to bring 150,000 people to...

View From Another School: ‘Defensive medicine’ at root of health care problems

By By Doug Shane
Kansas State University
September 23, 2009

MANHATTAN, Kan. (UWIRE) — There is no question that there are imperfections within the American health care and insurance industry, but what are the real issues at hand?First thing's first: Of the...

The Grumbling Hive: Paying children to attend school may pay off

By Nathan Shull
Columnist
September 23, 2009

What would it take to get you to attend class? Would you get out of bed for $500 a week?Principal Mark Commanducci believes, for his students at Children's Charter Middle School, this reward works.Commanducci...

 

Nietzsche is Dead: Professors should capitalize on paperless resources

By Matthew Albright
Columnist
September 23, 2009

Paper isn't obsolete — yet. If that comment seems self-serving in a newspaper, it probably is. That said, the advent of the information age is gradually narrowing the uses for paper. Nowhere is this...

Our View: For-profit loan lenders are about to meet their maker

By
September 23, 2009

It's finally time for banks to get their hands out of private education. The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday, marking an important...

Freeman of Speech: Would La. black men be better off with Kim Jong-Il?

By Eric Freeman Jr.
Columnist
September 21, 2009

Would you rather be a black man in New Orleans or a citizen of North Korea? Setting aside the lack of rights and the whole God/president/supreme nut job thing, the two groups live, on average, just as...

Juxtaposed Notions: Televangelist Osteen highlights divide in religion

By Linnie Leavines
Columnist
September 21, 2009

Some people can't stand the hellfire-and-brimstone types in Free Speech Alley. That's understandable. But personally, I find a little dose of hellfire now and again is almost refreshing compared to the...

9/22/09: Letters to the Editor

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September 21, 2009

Let me into the game I paid for!Unfortunately, in the midst of tailgating before the LSU-ULL game, my Tigercard and credit cards were stolen. I handled the situation by filing a report with LSUPD....