Beginning in September, the city of Iowa City and the University of Iowa will introduce 10 ZipCars into the community. The City Council's unanimous decision to approve a three-year contract with ZipCar...

"It is now known that addition is an illness." Which is a sentence I ran into recently. (You're right; I wasn't looking where I was going. (And my parents tried so hard to teach me — but...

Those of us in college must believe that an education really is the way to a brighter future. If that was not the case, we students may all feel very silly for paying $8,057 (in-state) or $26,279 (out-of-state)...

The University of Iowa's recently signed contract with Anheuser-Busch, allowing the beer company to use the Tigerhawk logo alongside beer logos — such as Bud Light — has generated a debate and calls...

At its July 10 meeting, the Iowa City City Council confirmed its commitment to lending developer Marc Moen $2.5 million in TIF money to help him construct his newest project: a 14-story mixed-use building...

Maybe the Environmental Protection Agency's recent $60,000 urban-waters grant is just a government façade to make the citizens of Iowa City forget our poor water quality. Sort of like the "We Proudly...

I would like to share a message to all Iowa City residents that comes all the way from the great state of New Hampshire. A simple message that needs no interpretation or explanation. Live free or die. Yes,...

There has been an ongoing theme lately that the rich man is the bad guy. The profits are at the expense of the weak, and there is no such thing as ethical business. However, not all businesses are cruel,...

Being a UNESCO City of Literature, Iowa City has a long-standing tradition of reading and writing. It is hard to walk around campus without noticing the implications of such a tradition. Stroll down...

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's concurring opinion in the Stolen Valor Act case raises a free-speech concern. A defining feature of modern First Amendment jurisprudence is the content-discrimination...

YES This backyard-chicken movement in Iowa City has been hampered by the strangeness of the idea — not facts, not logic, and certainly not pragmatism. The members of I-CLUCK have now amassed a 1,000-signature...

My mother always taught me that it doesn't really matter who's at fault in a collision, what matters is who's hurt. Because I do not own a car (I drive a moped or ride a bike), she reminds me time and...