All veterinary care costs moneyMy entire life I have saved baby birds from untimely deaths beneath maple trees as they plea to be put back in their nests. A whole plethora of wildlife and domestic animals...

With the presidential election right around the corner, there's one thing conspicuously and thankfully absent from the general discourse.Am I talking about horse-race media coverage? No. Do I mean pointless,...

Fans need to stay the whole gameI had the fortune and privilege of attending the Georgia game this past Saturday. The result was a disappointment, but at no point did I feel shame for my team. They played...

Whoclef? Whatclef? Whenclef? Whereclef? Howclef? Why…? Clef? Dear Jean, Well, hello, my friend. Where do I begin? For starters, your turntables put the city underwater and put you on the level of...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Personal injury attorney Morris Bart has spent millions of dollars to make "one call, that's all" his familiar refrain for television viewers, but new lawyer advertising rules...

Nov. 4 is important dayThe day draws near when everything our nation was founded upon — God, morals, ethics, freedom, and independence — are at stake. On Nov. 4, 2008, history is going to be...

Many of us will be making important decisions about the future of our country on Nov. 4.  Those who have taken advantage of early voting already have. But the 2008 presidential election isn't the...

Blackface has never been funny — unless you were a racist who enjoyed minstrel shows a century ago — and it never will be.But apparently that seemingly obvious fact still goes unnoticed in...

As a historian, I am now something of an anomaly.Today, most people enjoy social history. They want to know what the average person was doing at any given point. What were their lives like? What were they...

Many students know all the words to Rihanna's latest hit single and can name the top 10 ranked SEC football teams.  But do they know all about John McCain's stand on the mortgage bailout? Many students...

Television isn't just ruining traditional American values — it's ruining our tradition as Tiger fans.Central to the history of LSU football is the experience of the game — spending the day...

OK, student section — this weekend is your time to shine.The first home game of the season started at 10 a.m. The student section was half full, and even those students ended up leaving Death Valley...