Author Archive
Andrew Taylor
- October 31, 2011
Houston needs to be bike friendly
Houston has an enormous amount of people who use the roads to express their need for speed, their hunger for adrenaline, a desire to sightsee and explore, and for health benefits. These people are...
- June 15, 2011
Beer fest tapped out too early
Droves of people gathered in downtown for the inaugural Houston Beer Festival on Saturday. From the very beginning, the festival started off on the wrong track. It was apparent to anyone arriving that the...
- May 4, 2011
Bin Laden is dead, but his effects on us aren’t
As a seventh grader in world history class, I had no idea that an ordinary day in September would end up being a momentous day that would lead to confusion and sadness. The images...
- April 14, 2011
Necessary measures sometimes leave us feeling violated, but we must do it
Earlier this month, a 6-year-old girl received a pat-down from a TSA employee while passing through security at the Louis Armstrong International airport. According to a Reuters news report, the parents are outraged that...
- April 12, 2011
Get your hands off my packed lunch!
Remember the days of school lunches that treated many of us so well during grade school? The school district which served up countless Sysco based lunches to my childhood peers had one particularly popular...
- April 8, 2011
Texas: the fastest state in the US
The Texas department of Transportation is considering raising the speed limit to 85 miles per hour on certain stretches of Texas highway. According to a Reuters article by Jim Forsyth, published on Thursday, the...
- April 5, 2011
Obama keeps his promise in Libya
The fighting in Libya is far from over. As of yesterday though, the US military role switched from the lead offensive role to a support role. According to an article published on NPR.com, in...
- March 30, 2011
Respect the right to free press, ideas
Lately at The Daily Cougar, we have seen more than our usual amount of negative comments and more accusations of not representing both sides fairly. This is not due to any agenda but simply...
- March 10, 2011
Republicans look to arm students
Guns can pose a threat to people, even when their use is well-intentioned in terms of defending the safety of others. Since the unfortunate event in Tuscon, Ariz., and the shooting a year earlier...
- March 8, 2011
Rockwell leaves a long legacy, lesson
On Jan. 28, Elizabeth Rockwell died; what she left behind was a legacy that will never die. Elizabeth Dennis Rockwell took a very notable route with the success of her career and gave the...