Being a new student in college is an overwhelming experience for everyone. Put having a disability like mine on top of that, and suddenly you are dealing with the stressors of navigating campus in a wheelchair,...

The age-old phrase “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all” doesn’t really seem to apply to politics. If Frank Underwood has taught us anything...

Fulfilling his promise, President Obama has vetoed the Keystone XL pipeline. It is unlikely that Congress will be able to override the veto, because the two-thirds majority needed is nonexistent. It...

Rejoice, minimum-wage workers of Walmart. You’re getting a raise. Yes, it’s true. The outdated Walmart business model, which was to hire as few employees as possible while paying them as little...

My last column was about potential “megadroughts,” how droughts could scorch the entire Midwest. This week, I’m here to deliver more cheery news. A new UI study shows the Midwest has...

Freedom of speech, one of the most revered hallmarks of our democracy, is endangered on college campuses across the United States. Consider this small selection of cases, just from the past year: Peace...

Economic sanctions: A weapon in the U.S. arsenal that can devastate foreign economies and strike fear into their hearts. Right? Maybe not. In a globalized world in which outright military conflict between...

I am conflicted. On Sunday, the New York Times reported that Al-Shabab, a terrorist organization in Somalia with ties to Al Qaeda, posted a lengthy video taking responsibility for a 2013 mall attack in...

In Ankeny, Iowa, teacher Jennifer Rich found herself out of a job after she was discovered to be intoxicated during a Valentine’s Day celebration in her kindergarten class on Feb. 13. After being...

I hear that 5-Hour Energy has a decaf version. So, is that more like 5-Hour Nap? Just wondering. Naps are good, and naps seem to be what the dreaded ISIS has been taking lately, at least in Iraq. Oh,...

While there are some very well known laws in the United States such as, say, the American Disabilities Act or the Civil Rights Act of 1964, there are others that are not so famous. Rule 41 of the Federal...

Last week, news broke that U.S. Food and Drug Administration has known about the dangers of unsafe medical devices in use at a medical center in Los Angeles and elsewhere for several years, but hadn’t...