2014 has already been a big year for the Internet. It’s taken center stage in legal discussion at both the federal and state level. Iowa policymakers have agreed on the importance of allowing more...

Sunday’s Super Bowl will not only be the most-watched evening of TV all year but also the year’s largest advertising bonanza with 30-second spots going for around $4 million. They’re...

While I’m not a serious NFL fan, I did hear about the controversy surrounding Seattle Seahawk 25-year-old cornerback Richard Sherman. It was his heated and passionate behavior in an interview following...

Nobody likes being deceived. But can self-deception actually be beneficial? Absolutely. If you’re stuck in a horrible job, you’ll probably try to persuade yourself that it’s worth it....

In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama delivered a strong defense of his administration’s on-going diplomacy with Iran and a threat to those in Congress who could wreck...

Imagine with me, if you will, an alternate version of history. Mitt Romney has won the 57th U.S. presidential election in 2012, and after a year and change delivers his 2014 State of the Union Address....

Amid a buzz of controversy, a brain-dead pregnant woman in Texas was finally taken off life support on Sunday in compliance with a court order. The order aligned with her husband’s wishes, despite...

President Obama last week announced a renewed push to curb sexual violence, particularly on college campuses, a subject that had not previously received much attention from the White House. “These...

In 2003, documentarian Morgan Spurlock had an idea — he would eat nothing but McDonald’s for a month. This idea eventually became the Academy-Award-nominated documentary Super Size Me. The film...

Former NBA star and notorious ne’er-do-well Dennis Rodman has made news recently for his friendly, quasi-diplomatic visits to North Korea. The controversy has focused on Rodman’s apparent ignorance...

There’s a legal battle raging in Texas about pregnancy and life support. Recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado. Utah is still discussing the matter, but it recently made a giant step toward recognizing...

As we slog along through this winter (which feels longer than the Todd Lickliter Era, which seemed like centuries), you’ll be disappointed to learn that walking a mile in the Iowa City wind chills...