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Run to the Mills: Should the Louisiana Science Education Act be repealed?

By Landon Mills April 30, 2013

It’s raining, it’s pouring and the American Civil Liberties Union is snoring. The Louisiana Science Education Act has been going strong since 2008, a sound law and promoter of critical thinking...

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows billowing smoke from a powerful explosion that shook Damascus in the central Marjeh district of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, April. 30, 2013. State TV said the explosion caused casualties. The blast comes a day after the Syrian Prime Minister narrowly escaped an assassination attempt a heavily protected area of Damascus. (AP Photo/SANA)

Opinion: Syria cannot be another Iraq

By Nicholas Pierce April 30, 2013

Last week, Israeli intelligence reportedly confirmed that elements of the Syrian Army loyal to President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons to murder civilians in Aleppo. Thus far in Syria, 70,000...

Manufacturing Discontent: Should the Louisiana Science Education Act be repealed?

By David Scheuermann April 30, 2013

There are plenty of reasons to love Louisiana, but every once in a while, the state does something so inane it leaves you embarrassed to be a part of it, like passing the Louisiana Science Education Act...

Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 18, 2013, before the House Appropriations Committee hearing on the Justice Department's fiscal 2014 budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Opinion: Gov. documents evidence growing surveillance state

By David Scheuermann April 29, 2013

 It’s all but certain now.  The federal government and telecom companies are in cahoots, surveilling the information traveling through their networks with no regard for privacy or the justification...

House Bill 265, which allows citizens to apply for a lifetime concealed carry permit, passed in the Louisiana House last week.

Opinion: Joking during concealed carry bill arguments highlights deeper legislative issues

By Megan Dunbar April 29, 2013

 Republican Representative Barry Ivey passed his first bill in the Louisiana House last week, and the focus was not on the bill’s text, but on a glittering, slinky-covered bib he wore, made...

Mark Zuckerberg

Opinion: Facebook Graph Search by far the creepiest Facebook feature

By John Polivka April 28, 2013

Mark Zuckerberg is definitely one of those guys. He’s one of those guys who says when the going gets good, it’s got to get better. In a column I wrote earlier this month on networking,...

"Newspaper reporter" ranked as the worst job to have in 2013, according to CareerCast.com.

Opinion: My unique road to the most rewarding career path

By Ben Wallace April 28, 2013

This is what I should have done every day for the past four years instead of coming to school: Wake up, eat some sprinkled donuts, set a $50 bill on the front porch and cry a little bit as I watch it slowly...

Federal authorities wearing hazmat suits walk to the home of Everett Dutschke for additional investigation, Tuesday evening, April 23, 2013 in Tupelo, Miss., in connection with the recent ricin attacks. No charges have been filed against Dutschke and he hasn’t been arrested. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Opinion: Ricin-laced letters pose bigger threat to Americans than Boston bombing

By Parker Cramer April 25, 2013

Ricin gravy, ricin beans — but no ricin letters please. This week, charges against suspected ricin terrorist Paul Curtis were dropped amid new developments in the case. Curtis, a middle-aged...

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2012 file photo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., participate in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. House lawmakers expected to finalize legislation Wednesday that would give the federal government a broader role helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves against cyberattacks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Opinion: In Congress, money matters over public good

By David Scheuermann April 24, 2013

 The Gettysburg Address’s famous words champion democracy and grab at the hearts of those who share its ideals. Our government is one “of the people, by the people, for the people.”  ...

Red snapper caught by commercial fishermen await shipment.

Opinion: Expanding offshore fishing boundary beneficial for state

By Chris Ortte April 24, 2013

A peculiar issue has been made the centerpiece of a classic bout over basic principles of federalism. Who would have thought that Louisiana and Washington lawmakers would duke it out over red snapper? ...

Analysis: EKL closure shows LSU deals’ pitfalls

(AP) — The closure of LSU’s public hospital in Baton Rouge left employees, community leaders and local lawmakers declaring a breach of the public’s trust, criticizing a lack of information...

A caterpillar clings to a handrail Tuesday, April 23, 2013 underneath a tree near Mike the Tiger's habitat.

Opinion: We should eradicate the campus caterpillar population

By John Parker Ford April 23, 2013

I was walking to my car in the Nicholson lot when it happened. I started feeling an itching sensation on the small of my back while passing Mike’s cage — I mean habitat. At first, I wasn’t...