Opinion
Editor David Haydon Email opinion@thedailycougar.com
Defense is desperate
After ruling in December that Texas-based financier Robert Allen Stanford was competent enough to withstand trial, U.S. District Judge David Hittner scheduled USA v. Stanford et al, on Jan. 23. Stanford was charged committing a...
UH shouldn’t support Chick-fil-A because of its anti-gay donations
It is becoming more clear that Chick-fil-A has donated millions of dollars to homophobic organizations. The question we must ask as a campus community is, why does a University that rightfully prides itself with...
No apology needed for chimichanga tweet
A tweet about a chimichanga and Latino voters by Jim Messina, President Barack Obama’s campaign manager, has Republican leaders in Washington crying foul. There’s just one problem with their cries of liberal racism — the...
Shade of lead in lipstick
The Washington Post published a story regarding a Food and Drug Administration study — traces of contaminants were found in the most symbolic cosmetic on the market. The article, written by Dina ElBoghdady, read “400...
City of Houston gives Occupy the boot
Occupy Houston was evicted from Tranquility Park last night after having occupied the space for over four months. The protestors were asked to clear the park to make way for festivals that will soon...
No progress for selectively exposed
William Galston, political theorist and Senior Fellow of Governance at the Brookings Institution gave a lecture on progressivism Thursday at the Honors College. The subject matter should be obvious. “Does the American progressive tradition have...
Bankruptcy of Kodak a sad moment
George Eastman leased the third floor of a Rochester office building in 1880. Inspired by a photographic outburst in his early twenties, he sought to produce cheap cameras for temporary use, with intentions of...
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee does not deserve recent attack
Described by some of her former staffers as the worst boss in Washington, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is rarely out of the national spotlight. And while she is often justly attacked by the...
Chance for a chair
The spotlight for the open U.S. Senate position might be on the Republican Party, but the race for the Democratic nomination has also begun and this might be the year that sees Texas turn...