After the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, three women started the movement “#BlackLivesMatter.” It remains extremely popular, used constantly on social media, and remains the slogan for many...
In Western media, Muslims only make the news when they’re behind a gun — not in front of it.
That was Afghan journalist Abdullah Azada Khenjani’s response to last Tuesday’s...
The LSU Tigers and Wisconsin Badgers faced off in a gritty football matchup last season, but this spring has the two universities fending off a common villain: GOP presidential candidates.
Presidential...
With LSU tuition, fees and housing all priced under $10,000 and increases to higher education spending, Bobby Jindal’s Louisiana is the bee’s knees of the South.
Too bad Bobby’s Louisiana...
Historically, today is one of the scariest days of the year.
It is filled with bad omens. Evil lurks around every corner, and suspense is heavy in the air. Lives can be ruined — or ended —...
Can we as a nation promise to grow some thicker skin? Because I’m tired of hearing people complain about how offended they are all the time.
Jeb Bush is potentially running for president in 2016,...
The public relations department of the Islamic State failed to inform the terrorist media gurus that burning captives alive incites increased opposition rather than fear and cowering.
The age-old...
Just when we thought school couldn’t get anymore stressful, LSU drops a big one on us. It’s switching over from the current traditional grading system to a plus/minus grading system that will...
My first experience with anti-Semitism was in middle school. I thought name-calling was as bad as it could get. But I was incredibly wrong.
In March 2009, I woke up one morning and saw my parents talking...
According to a study by the University of Michigan, seven out of 10 couples say the No. 1 disagreement in their relationship is money. Thirteen percent of married couples admit they fight about money several...
Throughout history, religion has been used to support bigotry and evil in the world. It should have no place in our modern age.
Last Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama made some...
Purity culture — the cultural construct that promotes remaining “pure” in the eyes of the Lord, purity rings, contracts to remain celibate until marriage and father/daughter dances where...
