It’s inevitable that at some point we all look at porn. Fascination with pornography starts at a young age, satisfying juvenile curiosity through a Google search or by sneaking on pay-per-view when parents...

Unless you love walking miles in snow and slush, February usually has a bad rap. But at the end of the tunnel there is a gleaming, shimmering light that is a reminder that there is, in fact, good in this...

American politics is, far and away, made of money. Whether you consider it healthy capitalist representation of interests or corrupt stifling of ordinary citizens’ voices by the rich, it cannot be denied...

Columbia, Missouri is a college town. It was [founded with education](http://www.columbia.k12.mo.us/columbia/colhis.htm) in mind — particularly the kind of education that attracts all kinds of Missourians....

2013 is already shaping up to be a year of shifting political ideologies. And nobody is more indicative of that fact than Sen. John McCain. During George W. Bush’s presidency, McCain was an enthusiastic...

In season one of the HBO series "Girls," there is a scene in which one of the characters is going to her first day as a nanny and she asks her cousin, Shoshanna, for outfit approval. Shoshanna views her...

“Nothing stops a bullet like a job.” That’s what Father Greg Boyle, founder of [Homeboy Industries](http://homeboyindustries.org/), has been saying about his rehabilitative work with gang members...

Four weeks ago, I was in Virginia visiting my family for the holidays. We had tickets to see "Les Misérables" at a theatre in Washington, D.C., so we all packed in the car and made a day trip out of it....

I am emailing you because I am a concerned fan — concerned that we have the talent but not the coach, and I would like to see something done about it. I have been a Mizzou fan for a very long time, and...

I would like to address an issue that I feel has been pushed under the rug for far too long. The United States of America has long been proof that democracy can indeed be a sustainable form of government....

This past week, Russia introduced a bill banning “homosexual propaganda among minors” to its parliament. While the description of the newly-illegal action is vague, its ramifications are not. In the...

The Violence Against Women Act was originally passed by President Bill Clinton in 1994. This act was drafted by then-Senator, (D-Del.) Joe Biden. The purpose was to provide additional funding for law enforcement...