My birthday was a few days ago. The big 2-0. I’ve already received numerous phone calls, texts and a whole Timeline full of awkward Facebook posts both from people close to me and those random people...

President Barack Obama recently announced there should be a diplomatic push toward resolving conflict in Iran’s nuclear program. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Obama have reportedly been exchanging...

Sometimes women are rather frugal with their purchases. This frugality forces the woman to shop at places such as the ever-popular Forever 21. In order to provide customers with $5 leggings, $2 tank tops,...

Earlier this month, MU announced the [increase of two undergraduate scholarships and the creation of another](https://www.themaneater.com/blogs/campus/2013/9/6/new-scholarship-amounts-released/), beginning...

The bad news: Vladimir Putin doesn’t think we’re all that exceptional. The good news: He does believe we’re all (kind of) equal. In [an op-ed published](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&)...

Last week, I read likely presidential candidate Taylor Major’s [letter to the editor](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/9/18/how-msa-failed-us/) with great interest. Although laudable in its intent,...

Quite a few people hate — and I mean _hate_ — Rush Limbaugh. Born in our own state of Missouri, the Cape Girardeau native makes his living being a connoisseur of impropriety, so it comes with little...

One Mizzou Week was held last week on campus. You may or may not have been aware of its general existence, its occurrence or its offerings. We believe that is a critical problem. Since it began in 2011...

I want to first start off by saying that the Missouri Students Association is an organization that I love dearly and that I put a significant amount of time into. I’ve been in MSA since the second week...

The Miss America pageant was held this last weekend. Generally, this is not something I would pay any attention to, much less write about in this column. I could not look any further, however, than the...

Big-name corporations are notorious for awful practices and general exercises in anti-consumerism. Whether it's Microsoft's metaphorical middle finger to the public with the Xbox One, Apple's continued...

If you’re one of the lucky 121 people and/or spambots who follow me on Twitter, you are already aware of the fact that I have a hard life. Not extremely hard, though. My house has never burnt down, I...