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...

On Wednesday, the Iowa Department of Transportation determined that it was in accordance with Iowa and federal administrative regulations to grant identification to undocumented immigrants who meet the...

We’ve heard of hunger strikes and flag burning. Peaceful protests are allowed under the U.S. Constitution. What we haven’t seen much of so far though is “flank branding.” Emily...

Parents seeking to teach a teen the meaning of money may take away a credit card, but they would never consider not paying the debt owed the card company. Why not? The company would come after them,...

Response to editorial ‘Medical Marijuana Good For Patients,’ DI, Jan. 22 While there have been studies showing that marijuana can shrink cancerous tumors, medical marijuana is essentially...

On Tuesday, the Iowa City City Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Iowa City School District revenue purpose statement, which addresses socioeconomic and enrollment imbalances in the...

The Board of Trustees at Iowa City Public Library is now considering changing the library’s policy to prohibit sleeping after receiving numerous complaints from patrons. Although I did have great...

Great news: Gov. Terry Branstad recommended that public universities in Iowa get more funding to extend the ongoing tuition freeze. And the state Board of Regents called it “a tremendous win for...

Since December, our national attention rightly has been focused on the shooting deaths of 20 elementary school students and six adults in Newtown, Conn. But deaths from gun violence are not limited to...

With nearly $1 billion left over from last year, the Iowa Legislature is facing what has become a rather unusual problem as of late: how best to deal with a budget surplus. In his annual Condition of...

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reintroduced the Farm Bill, which successfully passed the Senate last year in hopes that renewed effort will launch the bill through the House of Representatives...

Apparently, the new normal now is having a fake girlfriend. One whom (to employ a nearly archaic word carelessly snatched by my overtaxed brain — damn government — from the medieval depths of the...