When I walk into the weight room at the Center of Clayton after school I am surrounded by mirrors. I see people entranced, turning in front of them, finding their best angles, looking desperately at...

Opening with the clever, perfectly fitting caveat, “Some of this actually happened,” David O. Russell’s “American Hustle” is a brilliantly told tale of corruption, love,...

Dr. Richard Nissen understands smiling. Smiles are scattered across his office, plastered on the walls, luminesce from his computer screens and are ingrained in his impact on the city of Clayton. Most...

Foreign policy in the United States has an intrinsic fascination with the red line. Former President George W. Bush drew it fervently in 2002, with his statement “America must not ignore the threat...

Boys’ Cross Country 2012 Record: Three first place finishes, fifth at state Players to watch: Andy Hodapp, Parker Schultz, Ben Tamsky Goals: To see the young core of runners improve and to...

“Zero Dark Thirty,” a riveting and humanized depiction of the mission to capture Osama bin Laden, is not just a great movie; it is one of the most significant films of our generation. The film,...

  In northern Nigeria, a Hausa song entitled “Fitsari ‘Dan Duniya” echoes around a circle of women. Dr. Lewis Wall, a gynecologist and Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology at Washington...

Last year, Clayton High School became the scene of what seemed like a “Lifetime” movie. A student anonymously manufactured a twitter handle that splattered taunts attached to students’...