Recently, a family of a 15-year-old girl with autism was escorted off a United Airlines plane after the girl, Juliette, had caused a small disruption. This “disruption” consisted of Juliette...

Elections in the UK are a labyrinth. There are six different types of electoral systems and are each administered hierarchically among the 646 constituencies — each garnering its own Member of Parliament,...

It’s an argument as old as the U.S. Constitution itself — how much responsibility should we give our government? As it is currently pertains to the state of Iowa’s transition to a privatized Medicaid...

The rise of Islamic militant groups such ISIS and Boko Haram have become a global concern, with widespread displays of terror ranging from gruesome beheadings to mass kidnappings. These extremist groups...

On Jan. 26, a man flew a drone, undetected, onto the White House lawn, where he lost control of the device. What if that quadrocopter would have been packed with lethal missiles? If a pilot who reportedly...

So I see the NFL, in all its wisdom, has decided to give graduating seniors a graduation present in the form of suspending New England QB Tom Brady for four games. This is the league assuming, of course,...

Russia celebrated the 70th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany on May 9 with a large-scale parade in Moscow, but whether now is truly the time for celebration is ambiguous. Tensions between...

Recently, I’ve been seeing a video popping up in my news feed frequently. This video hasn’t exactly gone viral, but it’s gaining steam. It’s of Miley Cyrus, Joan Jett, and Laura...

If there is one thing that I have come to understand writing columns for The Daily Iowan, it is that I hate the gray areas. When I find a case or story that is a simple black-and-white scenario, I find...

War crimes of the Armenian government On the night of May 8-9, 1992, the Armenian military occupied the historic Azerbaijani town of Shusha. The significance of that was the fact that Shusha city, a historic...

A federal appeals court has ruled that NSA spying on American phone calls is illegal. The provision of the USA Patriot Act allowing the collection of phone records is deemed as an overreach that exceeds...

When I was a freshman in high school, I read the book Gifted Hands. The book quickly became one of several contributing factors to my desire to join the medical field. Gifted Hands is an autobiography...