Demonstrators have taken over the streets in Hong Kong in a weeklong protest of China’s control over their democratic elections. The protest, dubbed Occupy Central, has brought protesters from all...

Joni Ernst, the GOP candidate for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Tom Harking, D-Iowa, was quoted recently as saying, “I have seen no proven proof” that climate change is occurring or...

University of Iowa President Sally Mason visited the College of Education on Sept. 24. During the Q&A of a forum that was held with students, faculty, and staff, a professor asked the president if...

It’s not even October yet, and the November midterm elections are heating up. Iowa’s Senate candidates Joni Ernst (Republican) and Bruce Braley (Democrat) participated in their first debate...

The depths of the Internet never cease to amaze me, particularly when it comes to the range of items you can purchase online. The web holds a long list of items that you might not to be able to readily...

Last week, President Obama took a surprising amount of criticism for a simple action: saluting a pair of Marines with a Starbucks cup in his hand. Is this a flippant and disrespectful move, or is it being...

A poll published by the Pew Research Center last week shows an increasingly large minority in the United States supports the mix of religion and state. Specifically, that church leaders should come out...

With the United Nations meeting in General Assembly this week, world leaders have their chance to spark action on conflicts raging around the world, from the pathological (Ebola) to the extremes of the...

With the newest iterations of Apple’s iPhone released domestically on Sept. 19, Apple die-hard fans and equally as passionate opponents were sent into another heated fury. In the first three days...

When we lost the football game to Iowa State, I noticed some things. For one, I noticed that a lot of people are depressing drinkers, but more importantly, I noticed that the way some of our students treat...

This past weekend, more than 1,000 protesters took over the streets of New York, following the much larger demonstration for climate-change awareness held in NYC just days before. The main difference between...

With a host of domestic- and foreign-policy issues crowding into the public consciousness, one has largely remained unnoticed in the past few years: obesity. But with a new initiative, that could change....