The American children’s television series “Sesame Street” just opened its 44th season last week, and it has a new and improved version of the Cookie Monster. This season, instead of immediately...

Only nine months removed from its most recent fire-and-brimstone budget fight, Congress is gearing up for another, which could prove to be the most apocalyptic to date. The continuing resolution currently...

If recent news articles are any indicator, there’s nothing more terrifying to a business owner than a group of loiterers. I can think of a few things more intimidating than a guy holding a goofy...

It’s human nature to want to be accepted into a community, but for international students, the University of Iowa can be a downright hostile environment. Some students choose to create a division...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 increased benefit funding to all recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which distributes food stamps. Unless Congress acts,...

Fifty years ago this past Sunday, at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., a box of dynamite placed underneath the steps exploded, carving a huge gash into the side of the building. When...

Since the dawn of Internet file sharing, software and music piracy has abounded through such services as Napster or Kazaa, where many people have skirted the edges of the law to get a new album or software...

Over the past several decades, cigarettes have fallen far in the popular imagination. Once they were widely considered cool, slick, and “torches of freedom,” as one ad campaign branded them....

I normally don’t pay much attention to beauty contests — I don’t think they are very relevant. But I can’t ignore this year’s Miss America pageant, especially given the backlash...

It’s the fourth week of school, and my afternoon lecture is suffering from an acute case of premature senioritis. The course, which fulfills one of several general-education requirements on my degree...

I watch a cathedral of trees, all this green and green and green that make up my days. You haven’t lived until all you can see through your second-floor windows are the green of trees and the flitting...

At least 12 people and a gunman are dead after a shooting at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., Monday. This is, of course, only the most recent of mass shootings in a tragically long line. Since 2006,...