Harreld only a symptom
I’m not going to say that University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld isn’t corrupt, because we do not have strictly conclusive evidence to verify that. Nor will I say that he...
Congratulations, Iowa caucus-attendees
It took an old mule from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, to kick Hillary Clinton, whose husband attends Aspen, Bilderberg, and Davos financial conferences on a regular...
Athletics and politics
I was disgusted to see that a group of Iowa football players appeared on stage to “endorse” a political candidate. While it’s great to see college students getting involved...
Support Sanders for strong unions
Sen. Bernie sanders is a strong advocate for middle-class union workers
Unions are the essence of the middle class; they provide equal pay among your male and female...
Beware of Ted Cruz
Remember when tea-party folks used to tease President Obama about his Hawaiian birth certificate? They even implied that he wasn’t an American citizen. Now, Ted Cruz...
At each other’s throats, and scared silly
Is this the land of the free and the home of the brave, or the land of people at each others’ throats in the home of the scared silly?
During the current...
Ending gun violence
I am writing in support of President Obama’s proposal to enact common-sense gun regulations in response to the terrorist threat. Obviously, we should block suspected terrorists from...
Marcus Brown’s “Fear and race in America” (Daily Iowan, Dec. 1) attempts to dissect and analyze the senseless deaths epidemic that is directly connected with race.
My first answer is that the answers...
Iowa’s infatuation with Ted Cruz
I just cannot contain my anger at the Iowa religious right’s gullibility when it comes to Ted Cruz. Cruz is a senator from Texas, where ethanol is against the law,...
Positive Change for Free Medical Clinic
In May 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama publically unveiled his health care plan at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. I was an undergraduate student...
Make clean energy a priority
Studying sustainability and environmental planning at the University of Iowa, it is hard to ignore our lack of clean energy in Iowa. Reading about the degradation of our climate,...
Some, not ‘all’
Shame on The Daily Iowan. In the Tuesday, November 17 issue on the front page, there is a blatantly untrue statement. The caption under the photograph reads, in part: “Harreld has...
