It’s become an unquestioned thing in the gay community that being asked “top or bottom?” is no less benign a question than “chocolate or vanilla?” Granted, it’s not like this query comes up...

I’m one of the more unsocial people I know. Don’t get me wrong; I love people, social gatherings and adventures. I just prefer experiencing them on a screen while in the comfort of my own home. I...

This past weekend, the Conservative Political Action Conference was held in Washington, D.C. The top names in the conservative world were there to rub elbows and slurp sodas. This conference gave a glimpse...

It’s getting to that point in the semester where I have a perpetual pain in my neck. The first time I encountered this pain was a couple years ago, and I convinced myself I had scoliosis, a brain tumor,...

Just more than 500 miles away in the city of Columbus, Ohio, Savanna Delong just won the city’s first-ever transgender discrimination case. According to an [article by LGBTQ Nation](http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/ohio-judge-fines-club-in-columbus-first-ever-transgender-discrimination-case/),...

Have you ever donated a couple of quarters to a child’s Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF box or given the bell-ringing Salvation Army guy a few dollars and wondered where your money would go and if it would...

“You can’t handle the truth!” Those famous words were the beginning of a speech from the movie “A Few Good Men,” in which the fictitious Col. Jessep explains why the decisions that high-ranking...

No one should be able to commit rape with impunity. In our country, such infallibility should not exist. It’s our duty as citizens and voters to make sure that our government preserves justice and to...

Last week, the Arkansas legislature passed a bill that will ban an abortion after a fetus has a heartbeat, which is usually about 14 weeks after conception. This bill is expected to be quickly overturned...

More than 100,000 different species of insects, 600 species of birds and 150 species of amphibians reside in this place. Several uncontacted indigenous peoples also dwell among these trees. Unfortunately...

A government can commit few injustices worse than wrongful imprisonment. To render void a person’s liberty, place them in a cell (or execution chamber) and keep them from their rightful autonomy under...

I would like to take this opportunity to formally apologize for how talkative I am. If you have ever had to shush someone in a public place at MU, it was probably me. Also, I should probably apologize...