Last Tuesday, it was thrilling to see Dr. Robert Bentley elected governor and the state legislature captured by Republicans for the first time since 1874. The voters sent a clear message that the malfeasance...

Two months are left in 2010 and it already feels like the year is over. Of course, big albums are supposed to come out in this period because of the holidays, but other than Kid Cudi, not much good is...

This past Tuesday, we witnessed a pivotal election in American history. Call it a referendum on Obama, a Republican insurgency or a political realignment; one thing is clear: It was a call for a new type...

Two weeks ago, I argued the legal and educational reasons why creationism should be taught alongside evolution. Despite any amount of legal justification, if the scientific evidence for creationism and...

I was walking down the Strip the last week and I realized just how much I appreciate it. It has Hungry Howie’s for cheap pizza, Surin for midnight sushi, and when I just have that urge to go buy an apartment,...

Fellow students, our message to Washington was clear on Tuesday: We’re tired of the status quo. We’re tired of the spending, the out-of-control leaders who couldn’t even pass a budget, the partisanship,...

In 1992, independent candidate Ross Perot captured 19 percent of the presidential vote from people who otherwise would have likely voted Republican and enabled Bill Clinton to trip into the presidency....

Here’s a fact I bet you didn’t know about America: its sitting president is a broken record. Sure, most of the country grooved to the timeless classic “Change and Hope,” and who can forget the...

“I have a message, a message from the people of Kentucky… we have come to take our government back.” Those were the first words of Senator-elect Rand Paul, after he thanked his family, in his Tuesday...

I was watching TV the other day when a commercial discussing a recently released asthma medication lit up the screen. It showed a wide-open field with people basking in the glow of a radiant sun, enjoying...

It was unavoidable. You’ve been at the University of Alabama for almost three months now and it’s clear that not only is the student newspaper totally inept, but for some reason everyone around you...

If you can find me a normal person on a reality television show, I’ll find you some beachfront property in Kansas. Contestants or participants on these shows were selected because they fill their particular...