Twelve years after 9/11, we’ve finally reached the point where incoming freshmen — most of whom were about 6 years old at the time — have little working memory of that day. Nothing against them;...

Since 2011, Iowa has allowed the legally and completely blind to acquire permits to carry guns in public, which has received national attention this week. Proponents say the blind can be properly trained...

Today, voters will elect three of the nine candidates running to serve on the Iowa City School Board. This year’s School Board election will be considerably more important than in previous years given...

It is a well-established fact that college campuses throughout the United States are some of the most liberal institutions in the country. They employ some of the most intelligent minds of the contemporary...

Americans are breathlessly waiting to see if President Obama will strike Syria and how and when and if that would mean the end of those delicious powdered Syrian desserts that gastropubs so lovingly serve. All...

The International Olympic Committee voted Sunday to reinstate wrestling to the 2020 Summer Games to be held in Tokyo, several months after it nearly undid a millennia of athletics history by suggesting...

The battle over the future of Internet entrepreneurship is heading to federal court this week. The case in question is Verizon v. FCC, which pits the telecommunications giant Verizon against the Federal...

This week, Congress is expected to vote on a measure to authorize President Obama to launch an attack on Syria, in response to the use of deadly sarin gas in Syria’s two-year civil war. Strong opposition...

Over the past century or two, labor unions brought about several positive changes: better safety standards, eight-hour workdays, health-insurance benefits, pensions, and many other aspects of the workplace...

After a long wait, we may soon get to welcome parts of rural Iowa to the late-20th century. Gov. Terry Branstad has decided that the state cannot let our fellows in the vast Iowa hinterland continue living...

The beginning of the school year has announced itself again with swarms of solicitors on the Pentacrest passing out handy little coupon books, as local businesses are aware that most college students take...

On Aug. 29, the U.S. Justice Department announced that federal prosecutors would not target state laws allowing for the use of marijuana for personal or medical reasons, leaving cannabis activists across...