Future entrepreneurs: take risks while you’re young

Not very many people have the smarts and the courage it takes to go their own way, to break out of the security of a stable career path and to venture out into the rocky, winding road of entrepreneurship, where both risks and rewards lie waiting around every bend.

Stop lying to yourself; you’re drunk

Trust me, most women aren’t impressed by a man who claims to drink a 12-pack of Bud Light in a two-hour sitting before showing up at the party. “That was just me pre-gaming,” they might say with a shrug to indicate it was a thrice-weekly occurrence. “Now I’m going to really start drinking.”

Letters: “Globalists trying to save the world” and other letters

Colin McKim, are you really that dense? Do you honestly believe there is a secret organization of so-called “globalists” that are attempting to infiltrate …

U.S. should free itself from entangling alliances

American and foreign government officials have increased efforts lately to increase global oversight and regulation over a broad spectrum of topics. Operating within international organizations with globalist agendas, heads of state and their advisors have revealed radical plans to transform government as we know it, creating what is popularly referred to as ‘a new world order.’

Obama’s Supreme Court choice to influence policy for decades

Jarrett may not be the new Supreme Court nominee, but I think that anyone who meets his list of qualifications as well as Jarrett would be a good choice. This someone should not a radical, but someone who will be forward-thinking and have sound judgment.

Mustang Daily endorses nobody this year

They’re too much alike to differentiate between their overlapping plans and platforms. And, while all of them have good ideas, nobody stands out as a leader with the ability to follow through, certainly not enough to warrant a staff endorsement.

The ‘war on drugs’: the fight against a victimless crime

Either a man has a right to himself or he does not. If he has such a right, how can it be argued that he does not have a right to also harm himself or, as in this case, commit an act which the government happens to define as harmful?

Find your niche in the scheme of green

Anyone with a successful career has at some point taken an inventory of their skills and interests and funneled them into a position that pays. Turn what you are merely good at into a career you love by finding a way integrate sustainability into your area of expertise.

A shout out to the single moms

While other superheroes lift buildings with their super strength, single parents carry a work load intended for two people. They fight off every villain that anyone else throws at their kid. They cruise around in a mini van instead of the Batmobile.

Regardless of view on war, support the troops

Mustang Daily reporter Jennifer Titcomb discusses the war in Iraq and the impact she believes troops like her father, Navy Commander Ken Titcomb, have had on the country. Her father returns home to the U.S. after a year-long tour next week.

Respect talent: don’t steal your entertainment

During the past decade, online piracy has become rampant and a blatant disregard for artistic copyright socially acceptable. Online piracy isn’t just theft, it’s theft of the very artistic talent we claim to value the most.