I want a permanent government “shutdown.” I want a radical change in system, reevaluating the fundamental priorities of our government and executing the needed changes. However, we as a nation cannot...

Her small head of frazzled hair popped over the seat behind us. The kind of hair attached the head of an old hag, the kind of hag whose storage area could be mistaken for a compost pile, and whose dead...

National Public Radio recently featured a story about a new possibility for United States intelligence gathering. It seems the CIA has finally uncovered the same technique (by now, almost age-old) used...

An attitude of apathy toward student government permeates MU's student body, and although much of that rests on students' own disinterest in campus politics, Missouri Students Association senators aren't...

Without a doubt, recent debates about legislation aiming to completely defund Planned Parenthood of its government aid have been polarizing. Not that this is any surprise. As per usual, Planned Parenthood...

Yes, you read correctly. A government shutdown is not only possible within the next week, but every day that the Republican-filled House of Representatives and Democratic majority in the Senate fail to...

Tuesday’s elections in Columbia offer registered voters in Boone County a variety of issues to consider for our city. The two propositions and two ward elections provide an opportunity to support a better...

"I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord. But you don’t really care for music, do you? It goes like this: The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall, the major lift, the...

With every major news headline having to do with missiles going off in Libya, NATO taking military initiative in Libya and the United States helping Libya, it might be easy to assume that we are nearly...

On March 18, 2011, The Maneater published a letter to the editor entitled: “Racial profiling by MUPD unwarranted, appalling,” by Madeline Ericson. In this letter the department was accused of racial...

Tell me if this sounds familiar. The United States, with the United Nations, calls for involvement in a country with a ruthless dictator who is known for sponsoring terrorist attacks, oppressing his own...

Last fall, I got a BlackBerry. I had gone for years without a smartphone, instead choosing phones based on criteria like “sturdy” and “cheap.” I could make the owners of smartphones envious with...