Despite my relentless criticism of the government, I do love my country. There is no other place on earth with as many opportunities, not to mention a ridiculous standard of living. As many politicians...

In an attempt to innovate the classroom experience with enhanced interactivity between course content and media, MU's Department of Space Planning and Management updated a room in Strickland Hall in fall...

In case you missed it, a digital debacle ensued on MU’s Facebook page after unwise comments from many, most notably Missouri State Representative Kathie Conway. The original posting was promoting MU...

As waters continue to rise in Southeast Missouri and thousands of people are evacuated from their homes, United States Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., made the following statement about the flooding and...

It was my 10th birthday when my yearning for walkie-talkies was finally realized, of course only after my parents became tired of me putting me in peril to prove their necessity to my safety. Right after...

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nv., finally resigned Friday after the Senate Ethics Committee voted last week to continue to probe Ensign based on allegations he had an affair with campaign aid Cynthia Hampton in...

Full disclosure: I have a large ego. This large ego leads me to believe my opinions - and justifications behind them - are perfectly solid and reasonable. This alarmingly narcissistic belief naturally...

This is what happens when you go to school in Ireland: You forget how to go to school. My Scottish friend warned me about this before I left Edinburgh in January. He said school in the UK and Ireland...

As we ease into our roles in our own democracy, we generally acquire storybook understandings of how representative government works. The general convention we assume is that if we want things put into...

As if we needed more alarming statistics in a post-recession economy, student loan debt has recently surpassed collective credit card debt in the United States. Even more worrisome, student loan debt...

After months of ineffective debate and politics, the government is finally getting work done. Beginning with a classic budget masterpiece, our public officials are getting back into the grind of screwing...

Was it a slow day in news about human rights violations? I had to laugh when reading Taeler De Haes`s most recent column, "Forced Health." In it she describes the actions of a Chicago public school banning...