Last week, another season of “Dancing with the Stars” mercifully came to an end with the predictable victory by someone old, wholesome, and white. While grandparents everywhere were delighted with...

Confession time: I’m a fan of Jackass. Perhaps it’s because my tween and early teen years were during the height of Jackass’ popularity. I was one of the many young boys who ignored the “do not...

What better way is there to await the joys of Christmas Day than with the Rat Pack? This playlist combines the romantic and the childlike aspects of Christmas from timeless artists, which lends to the...

Dumb and Dumber, 1994 Dumb and Dumber — the godfather of all intuitive wisdom in this strange reality we call life. It has the answer to any question a person could ask, such as, “Where should I go...

Radiohead In my short life, I’ve lived through a few memorable events. I remember being in Mr. Rogers’ eighth-grade literature class when I found out about 9/11. And walking on the field in my first...

Thanksgiving’s over, and thank goodness. Most of us couldn’t wait to get home and away from the stress of school, and just a week later, we couldn’t wait to get away from the stress of home and...

Lean back in a worn booth surrounded by wood-paneled walls. Hear a few beer bottles clank. See a silhouette in low-lights. Hands move rapidly as voices dance above the room’s cluttered racket. The scene...

Katherine Heigl used one in The Ugly Truth. Comedian Katt Williams devoted an entire movie to their use. And even some in Iowa City are getting the click of it. Popular films often portray users of online...

Would Stephen King make it into the Writers’ Workshop? The literary elite often put off the author’s work as simple reading that requires very little analysis or thought. Ask a UI English professor...

**** 1/2 out of ***** As “Dora the Explorer” has taught legions of children and college students with free mornings, foxes are mischievous. But can a fox with a family give up his thieving ways and...

Imagine a world without children crying in a shopping cart as they wait for their mothers to choose a healthy kids’ cereal, or a world without nutrition facts and confusing labels, or even a world in...

Artistry will replace athleticism in Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Nov. 22. Shoppers and craftsmen of all varieties will flock to the arena’s concourse at 9 a.m. for the Annual Fall Arts and Crafts show....