Classmates are always surprised to hear that I’m from New Jersey, but when I explain that I chose Iowa for its English program, any confusion is usually cleared up. It is no secret that Iowa City...

GOP scion Paul Ryan paid a visit to Iowa over the weekend to preach party unity, just a day after the House passed his most recent budget with the support of all but 10 of his fellow Republicans. The...

There was some turbulence on Twitter last weekend. A 14-year-old girl from Netherlands set off alarms when she tweeted to American Airlines, “hello my name’s Ibrahim and I’m from Afghanistan....

This wasn’t supposed to happen. Oscar Pistorius wasn’t supposed to be a killer; he was supposed to be a runner, a role model, an inspiration. To most, Pistorius was an Olympic and Paralympic...

We all know that President Barack Obama’s health-care plan is this huge disaster that rivals the BP oil spill in its breadth, scope, and, well, oiliness. Probably Obamacare is the greatest bumfoolery...

If you get the chance, take the trip to FilmScene, the independent movie theater on the Pedestrian Mall, and shell out the cash to see The Unknown Known, the latest documentary by Errol Morris which examines...

In 2006, Apple began running its “Get a Mac” ad campaign, featuring a casually dressed “Mac” representative contrasted with the nerdy and business-professional “PC.”...

This past weekend, Wisconsin Republican Representative and 2012 vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan made a stop in Cedar Rapids to give an address at the GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner. Ryan went about...

The news was first leaked on Twitter by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills before the official statement was made on the show April 10. David Letterman’s retirement announcement probably came as less than...

Recently, the Iowa City School District announced its plans to make budget cuts to avoid going into deficit spending for the next fiscal year. Many programs, classes, and educational activities will be...

One hundred days. That’s all the time it took to murder more than 800,000 people. This blitz of human suffering, the Rwandan genocide, shocked the world not only with the body count but also with the...

Popular culture has a weird fetish for horrific disasters that destroy civilization. Whether it be death by the Yellowstone super-volcano, killer asteroids, a robot uprising, a nuclear holocaust, or climate...