The U.S. infrastructure, once the envy of the world, is now a crippled, crumbling network of neglect. Bridges, highways, railways, and dams are among the decaying structures that have faced chronic neglect....

Hannah Soyer [email protected] Nobel Peace Prize winner and education champion Malala Yousafzai met Emma Watson for a Q&A at the Into Film Festival’s première of the documentary He Named...

What’s in a history? Well, a lot. But what’s in a autobiography? Depends. If you’re Ben Carson, it’s chock-full of stuff. More importantly, it’s a brimming autobiography that helped launch...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 271,000 new jobs were created in October. The government’s report, released Nov. 6, showed the biggest wage gain since 2009. This is encouraging for a rebounding...

Last night, the Fox Business Network held the fourth Republican debate. Featuring “only” seven candidates this time around, the debate allowed those on stage to show substantive differences in policy,...

Joe Lane [email protected] The clock struck midnight on Halloween 2015, 12 days ago. So in keeping with the gradual deletion of the month of November from our collective calendar, the holiday (or...

Marcus Brown [email protected] A series of protests were held in opposition to racial discrimination felt by African-American students on the University of Missouri campus and came to a dramatic...

A street-crossing epidemic There is an epidemic happening on the university campus. This is an epidemic that may even be deadly. If nothing else, this epidemic is extremely annoying, and there seems to...

The much-contested creation of the Keystone XL pipeline was resolved Nov. 6 with a decision by President Obama not to authorize construction. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta,...

Jace Brady [email protected] One weapon in the political arsenal of an elected executive, be it governor or president, is the executive order. Often heralded as bold demonstrations of power against...

Beau Elliot [email protected] Probably, when you live in a universe in which you have commercials about how to avoid commercials, things are going to get crazy, hazy, and funny. So just when you...

Last year, the Iowa Legislature and Governor Terry Branstad acted with compassion and wisdom by enacting a law to protect epilepsy patients and their families from criminal liability for the possession...