The Iowa Legislature is considering a bill that would require nursing-home staff to inform resident applicants and their families of any sex offenders living in the facility. It would also create facilities...

Something you should know about me: If you step to Ben Affleck, you step to me. That’s why Ben Ross’s column that ran on this page on Tuesday upset me so much. Ross, whom I do not know personally,...

Stop Big Brother is an organization devoted to fighting government overreach wherever the members believe they see it. They are collecting signatures in hopes of getting a referendum on red-light cameras...

Secrets, secrets are no fun, unless you share with everyone — but seriously. The era of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” has officially ended, and the era of “I’m going to...

In his State of the Union address on Feb. 12, President Obama suggested that high corporate profits did not correlate with the fact that wages have generally not increased within the past decade. The...

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced last month that he will not seek re-election in 2014, leaving the seat up for grabs in a state in which neither party dominates. The conversation about who will fill...

The national budget has gotten a bit hefty, and we need to cut it. Congress has decided that if it can’t reach an agreement on a necessary liposuction, it’s just going to randomly start lopping...

An Iowa Senate subcommittee discussed a bill last week that would ultimately strengthen legislation combating texting while driving. To date, legislation outlines texting while driving as a secondary...

My grandfather was born left-handed, but when he attended elementary school, his teacher smacked him with a ruler when he didn’t write with his right hand. Do we, figuratively, want to be a nation...

In addition to the Iowa City School District passing the diversity policy and revenue purpose statement, it is now considering implementing magnet schools. A magnet school is a public school that emphasizes...

I normally don’t watch the Oscars. Though I consider myself a movie buff and incredibly amateur film critic, I have never really taken much to award shows in which the first question asked to its participants is:...

“Sequester” has become the word of the day. You probably noticed. It’s everywhere — wine bars, coffeehouses, not-whine bars (we need more of those), the Pentacrest with odd people bumping...