I grew up on a fifth-generation family farm north of Peoria, Ill., as the eldest of four children. Like many families, our budget was tight, especially during the farm crisis of the early 1980s. I was...

Recently, the Des Moines Register obtained emails in which Iowa law-enforcement officials considered purchasing drones to be used in some policing capacity. Drones are unmanned aerial vehicles that are...

Last week, I learned the Market Street T-Spoons is closing down and shortly thereafter, the world went to shit. I planned, upon hearing that first bit of news, to write in this space an obituary for my...

The Toomey-Manchin Amendment, the bipartisan compromise forged by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., that would have reduced loopholes in the federal background checks for gun sales, failed...

Any student who regularly holes up in the Main Library is probably familiar with the construction that has been going on there for quite some time. This is an indication that, despite the rapid digitalization...

The fight is on over whether we will build a new jail near downtown Iowa City. Despite a 14-year campaign to build a bigger jail and lock up more residents, the flaws of this proposed injustice center...

Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa’s 4th District, told the National Review Online — a conservative publication — Tuesday that he believes progress on immigration-reform legislation should...

Eight months ago, I moved to the quiet military town of Hwacheon in the Gangwon-do Province of South Korea to teach English in a local elementary school. Hwacheon is a small town with a population of...

Monday was arguably the least anticipated day of the year: tax day. It’s understandable. Few particularly enjoy seeing their hard-earned money being siphoned off into the deep, dark abyss of the...

There’s this obnoxious radio ad (yeah, I know — only one?) on commercial radio featuring an obnoxious (not to use that word again or anything, but some days you discover you’re overdrawn...

On April 12, the University of Iowa College Republicans wound down its first Second Amendment Week, a set of events to celebrate and raise awareness about the right to bear arms. The week began on an...

Statistics from the 2010 Census show that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 77 cents. That’s only 18 cents more than what women made in 1963 — around 50 years ago — when President Kennedy...