No one likes uncomfortable truths, whether they’re that the hot dog you’re eating is a slurry of leftover hog meat or that you and everyone you know will eventually die. Another extremely uncomfortable...

The “debt ceiling” is one of the less complicated parts of the country’s fiscal situation, but given its importance, it’s worth a bit of explanation. Like any individual or business,...

The recent shooting tragedies that have struck nation have caused government officials and even our president to question the effectiveness of laws protecting U.S. citizens. Thus, new gun-control laws...

Immigration reform is not a done deal, though it should be. America’s immigration system has been a travesty for decades. Despite being a nation of immigrants, needing workers to fill unpopular jobs...

Pea jackets, rain jackets, and fleece jackets can be sporadically seen throughout the campus on any given weekday. But once the weekend starts, a slightly different jacket makes its appearance around Iowa...

The Iowa City School District’s diversity policy, which will be voted on by the School Board on Feb. 5, is a very broad and vague statement that leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Students and...

A group of Iowa City residents met Monday night to discuss ways to stop the construction of the Chauncey, a proposed 20-story mixed-use building submitted by the prolific local developer Marc Moen and...

When Congress barely averted driving the country over the fiscal cliff, it also renewed the wind-production tax credit, much to the joy of the wind industry and its employees, who feared losing this valuable...

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced on Jan. 26 that he will choose to retire rather than run for a sixth term in the U.S. Senate. Harkin has served on the Senate since 1984; before that, he was elected...

The cougars are coming, the cougars are coming. No, not those cougars — mountain lions. Honestly, some days I don’t know where your mind is going, though I suspect it’s somewhere in which...

I’m glad the DI ran a front-page story on Jan.23 about the plans the City Council and Marc Moen have for downtown Iowa City. They will directly affect students’ lives, and it’s in their best interest...

The controversy over how federal and state lawmakers should regulate guns is dividing the country as the Obama administration and Senate Democrats consider how best to move with a plan to enact tighter...