Imagine that we’re debating a law that reads: “No person, individual, association, corporation, partnership, or club holding a liquor-control license, wine, or beer permit, which authorizes...

The University of Iowa College of Law has proposed a dramatic cut in tuition in an effort to boost sagging enrollment numbers and bring the costs of law school in line with the new postgraduation realities...

Considering how much the media and politicians have been talking about the nation’s debt over the past several years, you’d think the American public would be pretty well aware of the country’s...

The gov’t — the abbreviation seems appropriate — shutdown has shut down (well, that’s what shutdowns do, surprise, surprise) the American scientific research at the U.S. station in Antarctica. (No,...

The students of the University of Iowa have always been relatively moderate, politically speaking, for what you might expect in the “Ivory Tower” of academia. Perhaps that’s because our...

The country is still reeling from the recent partisan showdown that resulted in the U.S. government shutdown, but another congressional stalemate has reared its ugly head: the impasse over the debt ceiling. The...

It’s Columbus Day, by far the most garbage national holiday of the year, which means two things: (1) the university is open for business and (2) every Enlightened Bro and Broette on campus has taken...

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week and, for all intents and purposes, they deserve it. The Nobel Committee cited as a rationale for its...

The recent controversy over telemedicine abortion in Iowa illustrates the dangers of allowing a partisan body to make regulatory decisions concerning medical care. With respect to telemedicine abortion,...

School choice is an insidiously popular option for trying to reform the education system. People like to think they’re in control, especially parents. And what better way to gain votes than for lawmakers...

The mainstream feminist movement works to end sexism and challenge patriarchy. While those who participate in this line of activism wish to defend gender equality, race is almost always an afterthought....

In 2010, the United States Supreme Court decided in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations, labor unions, and other groups could spend unlimited funds on independent political...