Last week, while Justin Bieber’s DUI distracted most of us, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board finally concluded that the NSA’s PRISM program is illegal.
In case you don’t...
The United States has a three-pronged strategy to nuclear deterrence. The largest component is a fleet of Minuteman III missiles based in the Midwest. The other two thirds are submarine-launched Trident...
How can you call yourself a feminist when you grow out your hair, shave your legs and wear makeup? Easy — demand respect, regardless of gender.
Since learning about feminism in high school, I have...
Don’t freak out, but we are about to talk a little technical. Network neutrality: What the hell is that? It is something good, that’s what.
Net neutrality is the basic premise for everything...
While most of us enjoyed the Super Bowl alongside family, friends and queso, those in attendance did so in the company of SWAT teams, K-9 units, and snipers.
No, there wasn’t a royal wedding halftime...
“Why is Louisiana so racist?” is the most common question Internet users ask Google, according to the Twitter account @Amazing_Maps.
While states like Massachusetts and Texas got random or...
Attention LSU students: The Snowpocalypse could have ruined our brains.
Like any person who is unfamiliar with winter weather, I dedicated my Tuesday to catching up on sleep, watching 12 hours of Netflix...
Last week, Grantland, a sports and pop culture blog, published an investigative story on the inventor of a golf putter who was, irrelevantly, transgender. The author of the story, Caleb Hannan, exposed...
“You can judge a nation and how successful it will be based on how it treats its women and its girls,” said President Barack Obama at last week’s announcement of a new task force devoted...
Tuesday night, President Barack Obama fulfilled his constitutional duty to address the Congress of the United States.
And that was pretty much it.
Aside from a few sentimental rounds of applause and a...
Revolutions, regardless of their aims or results, always stem from a change in discourse.
When society becomes completely polarized, when cronyism becomes the method of politics, when Congress continues...
It’s that time again; time to pretend we all care about winter sports to prevent our patriotism from coming into question. Next Friday, the 2014 Winter Olympics will kick off in Sochi, Krasnodar...
