It’s that time of year again. And unfortunately, I don’t mean Christmas. I’m referring to the beginning of the school year. The standard time for parents and academic advisers to start prodding...

Tuesday marked the opening of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, and the most striking difference between the Republicans and Democrats in their conventions was apparent: diversity. The...

Liberty, equality and brotherhood. Anyone who has ever studied for a government test can recognize these three words. Born from the seeds of the French Revolution, these words can be traced back to the...

The MU Athletic Department might not be fed up with some of its athletes’ conduct yet, but it should be. In the last two years, MU athletes have had their fair share of run-ins with the law. Running...

It only takes one photo. Isn’t that what parents tell their children as they head off to college? They warn their children of the dangers of technology and the implications that come with one mistake...

As the good doctor(s) long ago diagnosed, the Planet Earth certainly has come down with a horrible case of the humans. The poor thing’s gettin’ worse and worse too, ‘cause they wouldn’t let Kevorkian...

African-American. Black. Colored. Oriental. Asian. Brown. Are you feeling a little uncomfortable yet? Our great nation is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities. While in the past we may not have always...

A lot of the talk Tuesday at the Republican National Convention centered on government money for education. In addition to keynote speaker Chris Christie’s talk about his dad going to college on the...

Barack Obama, for all the talk of his stunning 2008 victory, won only [43 percent of white voters](http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/exit-polls.html) in 2008. His was a victory enabled...

My dad has no family history of skin cancer. He applies sunscreen when he goes out, and he doesn’t have pale skin. Against all assumptions, after the dermatologist completed a routine body check one...

Former MU faculty member Shakir Hamoodi is reaching the end of an ordeal Tuesday as he begins his three-year sentence in federal prison for illegally sending money to friends and family in Iraq. From...

Throughout the course of civilization, there have been certain constants. Recurrent forms of governments, markets and violence are a few basic examples, but I’d like to address one consistency that glares...