There is “a war on corn” according to Gov. Terry Branstad — the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed cutting the amount of ethanol to be produced and blended into the fuel supply....

The time has arrived for the media to engage in their customary reckless guesswork about the 2016 presidential election. Speculation for 2016 started emerging in March 2012 (before the Republican primaries...

So it’s winter. Actually, it has been for quite a while around these parts, though we’re not saying what these parts are, because we all know what these parts are. But winter doesn’t...

I’ve been thinking about grace a lot lately. I think you’re supposed to think about grace during the holidays. I’m thinking about it because I’ve had a really rough last two and...

For years, the practice of giving antibiotics to livestock in attempts to encourage growth and ward off infections has gone unaddressed by the Food and Drug Administration, an omission that has finally...

Last week, Time magazine gave its (somewhat) prestigious honor of “Person of the Year” to the recently inaugurated Pope Francis, due to his reforming, almost radical tonal (but not policy)...

Last week, fellow columnist Ashley Lee expressed her frustration with the UI English Department’s failure to include perspectives from different races. Lee wrote, in her column titled, “Teach...

Every year, hundreds of University of Iowa students, staff, and faculty members support the greater Iowa City area through volunteer service to nonprofit agencies. It’s no secret we have the highest...

Bitcoin is a decentralized online financial market and form of currency that allows users to make payments with no middlemen. Lately, the value of Bitcoins has been rising, causing some to see a viable...

James Baldwin once said, “The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious, one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” Intro to...

As of late, the nation’s capital has been in a sad state of affairs. So far, this session of Congress has been among the least productive on record thanks in large part to partisan bullheadedness...