First of all, I agree that what Mr. Updyke did is morally reprehensible. As an Alabama alumnus, I do not condone his actions in the least. It was a horrible thing, but it has happened. This man has no...

Read a music column in a newspaper, magazine or online, and you will most likely be reading the opinions of a music elitist. I would even venture to say that you know a few of these types as well. A music...

A table, a chair, Spud Webb, Nate Robinson, Dwight Howard – all have been leapt over in past NBA dunk competitions. Never, though, in the 26-year history of the event, has a motorized vehicle been hurdled...

A few months ago, I was watching the documentary “Almighty Debt” on CNN, a detailed documentary on how debt has ravaged the African-American community and what some community leaders have done to help...

In the early hours of Saturday morning, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that would fund the government and cut sixty billion dollars from its budget. While its passage represents...

The audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee in Washington, D.C. is not typically regarded as a breeding ground for moderation and pragmatism. Over the past few years, its roster...

In our current postmodern and secular age, sharing one’s religious beliefs is often labeled, at the blink of an eye, as intolerance. The “Coexist” bumper sticker is prevalent, and so much as making...

When Ben Friedman’s article, “America still the greatest,” ran last Friday, it was met with a pretty poor reception. If you’ve picked up the paper since then, you’ve no doubt picked up on his...

The whole nation is now in uproar about the Toomer Trees. And trust me, we understand. If someone knocked over our Chimes or painted Bear’s bronze hat some outrageous color – like, orange? – this...

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...