The underage drinkers know the Iowa City police all too well, always trying to spot an officer in the bars doing a random check. A person can never know when the police will enter the underage drinker's...

All right, obviously, there are a few things we shouldn't forget going into summer — I know it's difficult because all I really want to do is sit back and enjoy a nice summer shandy or maybe a mojito:...

After years of benign neglect — neglect that was anything but benign for the victims — bullying has finally moved to the top of the school-climate agenda. Today, 49 states and the District of Columbia...

I'm one of those people who gets irritated by poor writing. I get annoyed when someone writes "to" instead of "too" or when a friend ends a sentence with a preposition. Call me old-fashioned....

It is perfectly fine for ideology to play a role in the debate over what government sets out to do, but once that debate ends and it comes time to make policy, data should pave the way forward. I have...

The fact that anti-tax economic theories continue to weigh so heavily in debates over how to best address our current economic problems remains astonishing to me. Not because I do not appreciate the persuasive...

President Obama announced Wednesday in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts that he supports gay marriage, marking him as the first president in history to announce support on this issue. Oh, please....

A specter is haunting Iowa City: a specter with a serpent. I recall, in those uncannily warm days of March, when I would lounge in the park or walk about town in a state of bliss, the Sun awakening my...

Everywhere you turn, someone is having a "green" energy conference or an "environmental" awareness day. These events focus on solar and wind energy, on electric cars, on reducing your...

Imagine for a second that to see a movie, you would have to be under the age of 18. No longer can you lose yourself in a narrative that can change time and space in the blink of an eye; Never again may...

It was in the hot, sweat-stained shirt, water-bottle-drained-dry August heat that I took my first steps on campus at the University of Iowa as an incoming freshman: My major was only half-decided; I only...

There's long been a formidable degree of controversy surrounding the legitimacy of special testing accommodations for standardized exams, especially those with such weighty implications, such as college-entrance...