By Zach Weigel [email protected] There are many ways to characterize “big government,” ranging from Thomas Hobbes’ political philosophy equating an oppressive state to Leviathan —...

By Joe Lane [email protected] As a graduating (nonresident) senior, with no other family members preparing to come to the University of Iowa, the budget cuts announced last week do not affect...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] “Don’t try to escape from reality,” the all-knowing Horoscope advises. Well, of course not. That would be like trying to escape your teeth, and metric...

Another disturbing bill has hit the Iowa Senate floor. Senate Study Bill 1172 would essentially ensure all counties, cities, and public campuses in Iowa comply with requests for immigrants’ information...

By Dot Armstrong [email protected] The University of Iowa dominates the center of Iowa City. Its campus extends across the river, with buildings of all shapes and sizes sprawling toward...

By Jack Dugan [email protected] In a post-truth world in which all the news is fake and social media are a primary method of information consumption, cognitive dissonance is an unfortunate resolve...

By Dan Williams [email protected] More likely than not, you have heard or will hear calls for a “return to the party of FDR” from liberals desperately trying to recover their party’s dignity...

By Wylliam Smith [email protected] College is expensive. That is as clear as the sky is blue. But in the wise words of my mother, “Education isn’t free, so get a job.” On the University of...

Travis Coltrain [email protected] Moonlight’s monumental Oscar win over La La Land for Best Picture hit home for this Daily Iowan reporter. Hailing from Miami, I spent most of my youth just...

by Logan Pillard [email protected] Trump’s address to a joint Congress on Tuesday night has been viewed as oddly presidential by pundits and celebrated as a change of tide from his 3 a.m. tweets...

by Joe Lane [email protected] Last week, the University of Iowa announced its plan to compensate for the $8 million reduction in state appropriations caused by a budget shortfall. The plan — which...

By Katrina Custardo [email protected] In the state Legislature, a bill has been introduced in the Republican-dominated House that broadly changes the current gun laws in Iowa. These changes...