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Opinion: Kevin McCarthy’s eventual victory should be an inspiration

By Frank Kidd January 18, 2023

At the start of the 118th Congress, California representative Kevin McCarthy failed to secure a majority of votes for the speaker of the house positions cast on the first ballot. All Democrats and 19 Republicans...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to the crowd gathered on the beach ramp, Wednesday Jan. 18, 2023 during a presser where he presented Volusia County officials with a multi million dollar check for beach erosion projects. (David Tucker/The Daytona Beach News-Journal via AP)

Opinion: To win the culture war, the Right needs to get back to the university’s roots

By Benjamin Haines January 18, 2023

If the American right is losing its war with the American left, it’s because of universities. They are by and large captured by an often left-wing professoriate, from whose pens, mouths and classrooms...

Opinion: Goal-setting is important for young adults

Opinion: Goal-setting is important for young adults

By Kate Beske January 17, 2023

Goals can be short-term or long-term, but both are necessary to succeed. Long-term goals allow you to make a plan for your future, while short-term goals can help you get there.  In high school, I...

It's the White House.

Opinion: Stop calling America a democracy, it’s not

By Benjamin Haines January 13, 2023

“Our democracy is under threat,” hail the pundits from left and right. It’s under attack, the Democrats say, by the bad orange man; it’s in jeopardy, Republicans say, by the Biden...

A U.S. Air Force T-33 jet sits Saturday, in memory of all LSU graduates who, as aviators, have died in the defense of their country Sept. 17, 2022, on LSU's campus.

Opinion: Military recruiters shouldn’t prey on poor youth, sell false promises

By Jemiah Clemons January 12, 2023

Predatory military recruitment practices have turned a profession once viewed as a high honor into a field of gimmicks and recruiters trying to meet quotas. The No Child Left Behind Act allowed military...

The tree sits in the darkness on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, behind Memorial Tower on Tower Drive in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Women face alarming rates of violence in Louisiana. We don’t have to accept that

By Taylor Hamilton December 12, 2022

As a woman, I’ve grown to fear the world around me due to the amount of violence men have inflicted on women through malicious acts of brutality. The common man always seems to wonder why women go...

The Memorial Tower sits on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022, in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: You don’t have to graduate from college in four years

By Kathryn Craddock December 12, 2022

Higher education should be accessible.  We know how it's advertised. You start college at 18. Sophomore year is 19. Junior year is 20. Senior year is 21. You should have an internship lined up between...

College mental health graphic

Opinion: Mental health support especially crucial in college, transition to adulthood

By Kate Beske December 11, 2022

I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression my entire life and began treatment at 11 years old. Many people struggle with mental health at some point in their life, and college can make things better...

Cooper the dog looks at his toys on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, on the Parade Ground on Highland Road in Baton Rouge, La.

Opinion: Emotional Support Animals, pets can better college students’ lives

By Kate Beske December 8, 2022

Many people have had pets at some point in their lives. For those with mental illnesses, pets that act as emotional support animals can provide special help and comfort. Researchers from the University...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks in Japan in May 2016. The prime minister has publicly supported medically-assisted death.

Opinion: Canada’s medically assisted death for mental health problems is a ‘joyless quest for joy’

By Benjamin Haines December 6, 2022

Throughout Western political philosophy, the most essential of natural rights, those things owed to us by virtue of our status as conscious beings, is the right to life: from birth until natural death,...

Ye, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes (left to right) sit on the Infowars podcast on Thursday, Dec. 1.

Opinion: Ye renders himself pariah with vile antisemitic remarks

By Brandon Poulter December 3, 2022

Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has been busy this week destroying his career while spewing hate. He’s rendered himself a pariah not just in the world of business but in the world of...

Tatiana Maslany stars as She-Hulk on the Disney Plus show "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law."

Opinion: ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ has feminist messages not always represented in media

By Kate Beske December 2, 2022

I’ve seen almost every movie and show from the Marvel Comics Universe. While there have been some nods to feminism in the MCU, most have come off as out of place. “She-Hulk: Attorney at...