Thank God for the little red flag.
The challenge call, made by head coaches, has reversed game-breaking decisions at pivotal moments of NFL history. It’s the failsafe in case the referees get it...
Peta Lindsay’s presidential campaign for the Party for Socialism and Liberation is much like the history of socialism: Good intentions just aren’t a worthy substitute for good ideas.
As the...
The war in Afghanistan is winding down, but the drone wars are set to last forever.
The Washington Post’s Greg Miller reported last week that President Barack Obama’s administration is...
Unsurprisingly, the East Baton Rouge Metro Council passed, in an 8-3 vote last Wednesday, an amendment that relaxes liquor laws in Baton Rouge on Sundays.
Mayor Kip Holden will have 12 days to sign or...
This Halloween, there are spookier things than ghosts or the number of women’s costumes attempting to make cats and other household pets sexy.
For a real thriller, look no further than the...
This nation doesn’t negotiate with terrorists — or trolls.
So when billionaire-turned-buzzword Donald Trump decided to hold $5 million in charity donations hostage unless President Obama...
A great orgasm of far-right, conservative fanaticism inevitably swept through the depraved opium den that is national politics last Monday. Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump paused between alimony...
Most will agree that our personalities and opinions are formed by our childhood experiences. But are today’s children learning to accept diversity in their schools and communities?
Throughout the...
I’d hate to become one of those Al Sharpton types, the type who believes he is a freedom fighter for the black cause and who wrangles about the most trivial of altercations among African Americans...
If you want to excel in your math classes, think about adding a music or art class to your schedule.
The West Virginia Department of Education recently released a study revealing that high school students...
The first time I came to Baton Rouge to take a tour of campus, I stopped with my mom at the Frostop diner for a milkshake and some foreign delicacy called a “po boy.” While there, I picked...
The rich, tantalizing aroma of coffee swept over me as I patiently waited in line last week at the Community Coffee inside of the University’s Middleton Library.
Once it was my turn, I placed my...
