Happy 175th Homecoming, Tulanians! In the spirit of the event, I would like to present you with something from Tulane’s past that you may or may not know about. Ever heard of Tom Dempsey? No? Well you should have.
Tom Dempsey was born in Milwaukee in 1947. He played football in high school and then at […]

As I stumbled around this week looking for inspiration on what to write, I came across something very interesting. Every year, Beloit College in Wisconsin makes what it calls a “mindset list.” It includes some thought-provoking facts about the incoming freshman classes around the country.
This year’s class of 2013 is particularly fascinating because, unlike every […]

It is over a week into Barack Obama’s presidency, and already the President is making some drastic changes. He has ordered the eventual closing of Gitmo and has resumed federal funding of foreign abortion clinics. But as economic indicators plummet and doomsayers yell louder, Obama is justifiably most focused on the economy.
Unfortunately, the bulk of […]