A day before oral arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. were heard at the Supreme Court, USA Today and The Baylor Lariat published an op-ed penned by our President and Chancellor, Ken Starr.
The soccer world’s attention is currently building hype for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil coming in June. While the pomp and circumstance is flooding in South America, the site of the 2022 game across the world is turning into a humanitarian crisis.
During the first year of his two-term Presidency, Bill Clinton waxed eloquent when signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law. The President forcefully warned of judicially-created dangers to Americans’ religious freedom. A lawyer himself, President Clinton addressed the nation not only in legal and constitutional terms but spoke more broadly into American culture.
For a long time, the Lariat Editorial Board has been starkly divided on the issue of guns and their regulations. Recently though, we all found common ground when we heard of a Florida concealed handgun licensing course being offered in Texas that basically allows Texans to get their CHL without adequate training. If there is one group of people who should be held to the highest standard possible, it is those carrying a weapon for use of deadly force.
Fred Phelps, Sr. is dead. This piece of information is undeniably true. Phelps will never again raise a ruckus about how much “God hates fags,” which he has vehemently spouted and touted on picket signs at too many protests to count. What remains up in the air is whether or not the American public is handling his death appropriately.
The city of Waco is pursuing legal action to force the improvement of three publicly unsafe buildings on 17th and 18th streets. The three buildings have been deemed unsafe for years, one dating back to 2007.
“OK, this time I’m not going to cry. I promise, promise, promise!” So goes my spiel each time the movie “Marley and Me” is popped into the DVD player. From 2008 to the present day, I have yet to watch the dog-book-turned-movie without ending up a blubbering mess of tears, tangled hair and snot on the floor.
In the March 20th column “Let the students move down,” Anja Rosales argues that Baylor Athletics should allow students to sit courtside rather than the alumni and donors who pay to sit there. She says that the atmosphere would be better and more students would come to the games.
