The idea behind the minimum wage is to help low income workers by using the power of the state to threaten to imprison people who create a labor contract with a wage lower than whatever the government...

At what point does a name become a title? At what point does that title become an insult? And how is that insult reclaimed by its victims? From “bitches” to “rednecks” to the detestable “N word,”...

Earlier this month the federal government found that in the majority of cases involving unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, driver error was the root cause. The drivers were literally hitting the...

In response to your article "Vegetarianism Offers Health, 'Less Than Impressive' On-Campus Options" (Feb. 9, 2011), I would like to compliment Allie Hulcher for speaking out about the lack of vegetarian...

An old adage says, “The devil you know is better than the devil you don’t.” With the current situation in Egypt, the devil that we have known is Hosni Mubarak. Most people feel a need for the United...

Last weekend, UA Sustained Dialogue held an open workshop on “Leadership Across Culture,” which was hosted by Sustained Dialogue Campus Network representatives Amy Lazarus and Rhonda Fitzgerald, who...

Neuro-linguistic programming is a multi-disciplinary approach to helping individuals realize their potential excellence through mental exercises. NLP’s main presupposition is, “There is no such thing...

An opinions column published on Friday, titled “America still the greatest,” is comprised of both bad history and bad ideas. It is my intention to correct the most egregious historical statement and...

Once again Ben Friedman has proved he is incapable of seeing the bigger picture. His article titled “America still the greatest”, despite being poorly written and never proving any point, is filled...

Ah yes, it's that time of year again—Valentine's Day.  The day where people love to show their significant others how much they love them with cards, teddy bears and romantic candlelit dinners. At the...

Last February, the leader of a large state school sent out an e-mail to the entire student body condemning a discriminatory act. A group of students had hosted a party off campus. They called it the “Compton...

About a week or so ago, I had the privilege of overhearing a conversation being held between a small number of higher-level Bama Dining employees that seemed to be rather upset. The subject? The article...