We are all snobs at MU. According to Rick Santorum, so are our encouraging parents for that matter. In late February, Santorum did some impressive regressive pandering to an audience more than willing...

The newest controversy surrounding the Missouri area is, as many have heard, the honoring of Rush Limbaugh at the State Capitol. Some of you might be just hearing about the controversy surrounding this...

Running across the MOVE column "Jane Eyre: Prude n' proud" by Claire Landsbaum really changed my week, mostly because I had to get angry about it. Connecting classic literary works to the present day,...

The controversy about contraceptives has continued for more than three weeks now with no end in sight.  The American people are so frustrated and annoyed with the situation that they have started agreeing...

Sometimes I feel I’m part of a very small club of people who’ve actually set aside time to ask whether American libertarianism is ridiculous after all. You don’t have to remind me how cool and self-affirming...

Professor Steve: Hello, class. Today’s lecture topic is a good one. Let me just show you this video here on the old projector. Me: Oh god. Professor Steve: Let me see, here. Let me just, uh … Okay...

The time has come to discuss birth control and the clusterfuck surrounding it. Every Republican candidate opposes abortion and many types of birth control. Ron Paul and Mitt Romney both oppose Roe v....

Scott Mescudi released his newest album last week and it was… different. To begin with, the eponymous album was released under the name WZRD – the band formed by Mescudi and longtime friend and producer...

The current [federal grant funding system](http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/strategy/pages/innovative.aspx) is hurting innovation. The price of operating a working laboratory, with need...

Many conservatives are being fooled into thinking Barack “Mohammad” Hussein Obama is a radical, covert Muslim who was sworn in to the Senate and White House on the Quran. Chain emails are an interesting...

I’ve briefly mentioned rhetoric and values in past columns, but columns are short, and I couldn’t spread the context thick enough. Here’s what I wanted to say but couldn’t. Most voters lack higher...

Me: (Wow, that’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen.) Steve the Hot Girl: (Walks up) Me: You’re the most gorgeous, elegant, enchanting manifestation of beauty I’ve ever borne witness to. I...