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Love thy neighbor already!

By Tanner Ollo · Thursday, June 6,2013 12 a.m.

The New Jersey-based group American Atheists has been granted permission to build a monument in honor of atheists at a county courthouse in Florida. If there was ever a way to show that Christians and atheists have it out for each other, this would be it.

A 'Game of Thrones' personality test

By Dane McDonald · Thursday, June 6,2013 12 a.m.

This Sunday will bring the incredible third season of HBO’s fantasy drama “Game of Thrones” to a close. In honor of their temporary departure, I’ve come up with some analysis on what your favorite character says about you.

National Accountant Draft: a celebration of mathletes and careers to come

By Cole Lewis · Sunday, June 2,2013 8:11 p.m.

We need to model our job hiring process after professional sports.

Hipster overload: the mainstream dilemma of the underground

By Sam Blatt · Sunday, June 2,2013 8:05 p.m.

A recent Public Policy Polling tackled a subject not usually covered by reputable polling firms: hipsters.

Between Republicans and Democrats, who's intimidating who?

By Tanner Ollo · Thursday, May 23,2013 12 a.m.

It doesn’t do any good to say that Obama is the sole perpetrator of America’s problems, because both sides are equally at fault.

Is misogyny really a "Trek" tradition?

By Dane McDonald · Thursday, May 23,2013 12 a.m.

As a young man who goes gaga for a well-produced science-fiction epic, I loved every frame of “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” The problem isn’t with this one film, and the writers should not be under fire for one harmless underwear scene.

Opinion tackles our pop culture obsession.

The show must go on...right this instant!

By Samir Reddigari · Monday, May 20,2013 12 a.m.

The way we watch television has changed forever. But TV binging, while quite enjoyable and even more addictive, is not the best way to watch TV.

Go home, Abercrombie & Fitch. You're irrelevant.

By Dane McDonald · Thursday, May 16,2013 12 a.m.

You can pay all the money in the world to attractive models and employees to wear your clothing in advertisements. That doesn’t mean people with actual taste will still wear your clothing once puberty is over.

119 million without internet

By Casey Farrington · Thursday, May 16,2013 12 a.m.

Our news outlets are failing us, bringing us Paul Miller instead of having meaningful conversations that could prompt our country to do more — like figure out how to give 119 million people access to the Internet.

Makeup and feminism: pros and cons

By Casey Farrington · Monday, May 13,2013 12 a.m.

How do we escape the grip that beauty has on us if it is necessary in order to get jobs, or promotions, or respect?

America v. Religion: a saga

By Shannon Luke Morgan · Monday, May 13,2013 12 a.m.

America protects your right to worship who you want, where you want, when you want, why you want, and for the most part, how you want. What we don’t protect is your right to use your religion as an excuse to harm or kill others.

Mississippi Unchained

By Dane McDonald · Monday, Feb. 25,2013 12 a.m.

A staggering 148 years after the United States of America formally abolished the uncivil practice of slavery, Mississippi has finally jumped on the bandwagon and ratified the 13th Amendment.

Be cautious about market-based solutions

By Evan Stahr · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2012 12 a.m.

Undoubtedly, we as a society need to help those in poverty find homes. Easy credit and pressure to own a home are not good ways to achieve this goal, though. Direct government help could be a better option.

Democrats: stop your spending

By Dan O'Connell · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 12 a.m.

Entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid eat up twice what defense does. Democrats have been throwing around the possibility of up to $400 billion in entitlement cuts, but they won’t kick in for 10 to 20 years.

Gay "conversion" therapy is idiotic

By Emma Wenninger · Friday, Nov. 30,2012 12 a.m.

Overcoming a traumatizing past by trying to rid a person of homosexuality is like trying to set a broken leg by giving a person sinus medication.

No more "homophobia"

By Gabrielle Winslow · Thursday, Nov. 29,2012 12 a.m.

The Associated Press Stylebook has decided to nix certain salient but murky terms — including homophobia, Islamaphobia and ethnic cleansing.

Fox's Venker is deluded

By Sam Ostrowski · Thursday, Nov. 29,2012 12 a.m.

Women aren’t pie factories and baby farms anymore. Women are apparently angry and defensive, turning men away from them and leading to a lack of marriages.

Politics on the silver screen

By Dane McDonald · Friday, Nov. 16,2012 12 a.m.

To tide you crazies over for the next four years, I thought I’d compile a list of some of the best and juiciest politically flavored flicks, to sate your appetite for scandal for another four years.

Crotch brains

By William Gryna · Friday, Nov. 16,2012 12 a.m.

Does our country have any integrity at all? Is it that people who have fame and power think from their crotches instead of from their brains?

A look at 2016 Democratic presidential candidates

By Evan Stahr · Wednesday, Nov. 14,2012 12 a.m.

Both parties will have to nominate candidates, and I thought I would take this chance, as many others have, to give some insight into Democratic contenders.

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