Mars Thera Pope [email protected] It’s 1997. Bill Clinton is president, Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind” is the No. 1 song of the year, and Ellen DeGeneres, a famous actor on the sitcom...

By Dan Williams [email protected] Since President Trump’s election, there has been much finger pointing in what amounts to a cultural “whodunnit.” One of the targets of the commentators...

By Zach Weigel [email protected] With the passage of Easter and recent bout of warmer weather it appears safe to say that spring has finally sprung. Yet for those of us attuned to the news...

By Isabella Rosario [email protected] Earlier this month, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill that foresees major changes to the state’s firearm laws — including a new Stand Your...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] So there I was, minding my own business when a friend sauntered up (saunter alert) and asked me who invented leap years.Trick question, I figured. Kind of like...

By Stephen Schrichfield [email protected] A recent Oval Office photo of President Trump posing at the resolute desk surrounded by Sarah Palin, Kid Rock, and Ted Nugent made something...

By Katrina Custardo [email protected] Well, here we are. After refusing to do their jobs as senators during the end of the Obama administration, and after completely ignoring how to do things...

By Wylliam Smith [email protected] I was sitting in my French class about a week ago when I overheard a conversation that truly shocked me. A student was talking about how he was robbed. It...

By Dan Williams [email protected] I’d like to draw a line between two sorts of political correctness. On the one side is the good, the genuinely helpful, the uncontroversial need for there to...

By Laura Townsend [email protected] Nearly nine years after the infamous flood of June 2008 struck Iowa City, the University of Iowa remains stringent about protecting against possible future...

By Katrina Custardo  [email protected] Calls to decriminalize cannabis have increased across the country, and this time, Iowa is part of the new movement. It started in the Iowa Senate with...

By Travis Coltrain [email protected] Since former President Nixon declared a “war on drugs” in 1971, the battle has been going strong. However, the focus has shifted since the 1970s....