Category Opinion

Opinion columns from the highly opinionated staff, contributors, and readers of the Tiger.

Burqas: A Scientific Defense

Burqas: A Scientific Defense A fundamental principle of modern sociological thought is the legendary syllogism that states that mo’ money yields mo’ bitches yields mo’ problems, or the “Gangsta’s Chain.” An oft-neglected corollary to the Chain derives from the postulate…

To Life! and, er… Death!

My grandmother died recently and her funeral was very nice. Except for the iridescent pink coffin. Otherwise it was very touching. The singing was nice, sort of a barber-shop quartet done acappella. I was sufficiently disturbed by the pink coffin,…

Walk for the Cure

Someone knocked on my door the other day, and asked me if I would give them money to inspire their walking around in a circle.  Understandably, I told him to fellatiate a goat.  Why should I pay him money when…