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Opinion: Mardi Gras bigger than Big Easy

Opinion: Mardi Gras bigger than Big Easy

By Chris Ortte February 7, 2013

Your nose tends to remember special aromas after only a few sniffs. The sweet, easy blend of cotton candy, Marlboro lights, funnel cake and the unmistakable stench of stale-beer-soaked-beads tends to...

FILE - In this Friday, July 27, 2012 file photo, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal speaks in Hot Springs, Ark. Jindal is calling on the Republican Party to, quote, “recalibrate the compass of conservatism.” The Republican governor will deliver the keynote address at the Republican National Committee’s winter meeting Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Opinion: Jindal a transformative force in Republican party

By John Parker Ford February 7, 2013

Republicans have “got to stop being the stupid party” and starting “talking like adults.” Republicans “need to change just about everything [they] do” and get away...

San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julian Castro, center, accompanied by his brother Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, second from right, gestures on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, prior to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on America's Immigration System: Opportunities for Legal Immigration and Enforcement of Laws against Illegal Immigration. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Opinion: Immigration reform proposal mostly a temporary fix

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas February 6, 2013

As a country that prides itself on opportunity, the United States is constantly a sight of relocation for thousands of people from all over the world who share one goal — to search for a better life. ...

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Opinion: Feminist is not a dirty word, though few claim the title

By Megan Dunbar February 6, 2013

My name is Megan, and I’m a feminist. Before you assume I burn my bras, refuse to shave my legs and hate all women who work to keep a household running, hear me out. Beyonce’s Super Bowl...

Opinion: Adderall: Is the risk worth the reward?

By John Polivka February 6, 2013

What constitutes using Adderall without a prescription? Common answers consist of finals week, midterms and tests. But some answers might be a little more risqué, such as, “I woke up and...

Opinion: Google, Twitter transparency report reveals need for privacy reform

By David Scheuermann February 5, 2013

Social media has become a staple for our generation.  We are tied to our computers or smartphones, sharing thoughts, pictures and videos on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms.  ...

Opinion: North Korean satellite images: nothing special

Opinion: North Korean satellite images: nothing special

By Parker Cramer February 5, 2013

We can now see the once-forbidden North Korea up close and personal, and it’s not as sexy as we’d hoped. Google Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt visited the communist dictatorship...




The cost of a DWI ticket can reach up to $1,000 in Louisiana, not including bail, court costs and increased insurance rates.

Opinion: City’s drinking culture clashes with transportation infrastructure

By Aaron Friedman February 4, 2013

We’re too young to have dead friends. Although I can count them on one hand, the math — already a sore subject — is particularly unpleasant. It doesn’t take long in my counting...

In this Wed. Dec. 5, 2012, photo, containers are unloaded from cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles. The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December, the first quarterly drop since 2009 and a reminder of the economy's vulnerability as automatic cuts in government spending loom. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Opinion: Stimulus needed to combat unemployment, drop in growth

By Jay Meyers February 4, 2013

The United States economy has shrunk for the first time in three years, with Gross Domestic Product — the primary measure of a country’s economic growth — posting an unexpected drop of...

A man walks along the Mexico side of the old border fence as the newer fence sits in the distance Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Tijuana, Mexico. The President on Tuesday praised bipartisan efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, welcoming "a genuine desire" to tackle a famously snarled system that has been stalled for almost two decades. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Opinion: New immigration reform will fail, we need a fence first

By Landon Mills February 4, 2013

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, signed by President Ronald Reagan, promised border enforcement first, then amnesty of illegal immigrants living within the U.S.  The result: 2.7 million...

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Opinion: Ranking the 2013 Super Bowl commercials

By Ben Wallace February 3, 2013

Thank goodness for DVR. I can’t imagine actually having to watch football to see this year’s Super Bowl commercials — all 47 minutes of them. That’s the amount of time commercials...

Opinion: Future of American church unclear

By Nicholas Pierce February 3, 2013

About two thousand years ago, a Jewish carpenter from Nazareth told his friends, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I’m certain there are more spiritually edifying interpretations...