America needs farmers. As the stickers are seen at places ranging from car bumpers to the football helmets of the Hawkeyes, it's clear that Iowans understand this message. However, America not only needs...

You know that silly debate about how to stop the binge drinking culture at UI? Well, the UI administration seems to be trying a progressive approach to the situation: Pimp out the use of the Tigerhawk...

When Jake Balthazor was sent to the office by his teacher last week, imagine his surprise. After all, Jake hadn't disrupted class, failed to do his homework, or committed any other offense that might...

"From coaching basketball to knowing how many Jonas brothers there are, Barack is a pretty cool dad …" or so began another anxious Obama for America campaign email sent Wednesday on behalf...

In the United States government, there is a system of checks and balances in which every institution and department has a governing force, even the executive branch. To keep the executive branch from gaining...

One thing the state of Iowa has been proud of is the high-quality education students receive from kindergarten through the 12th grade. Postsecondary education that the state offers at all of its Board...

It never quite hit me how little I was getting out of the University of Iowa until I was just about graduated. I mean, I got a college degree, so there's that — but compared with the amount my family...

The Boy Scouts of America have every right to discriminate against whomever it chooses. This right was affirmed in a 2000 Supreme Court ruling that held that the Boy Scouts does indeed have the right to...

Last week, city officials decided to award Prairie Lights a $27,500 grant — a decision highlighting both the strengths and weaknesses of the city's policies in making economic decisions for our future. The...

There's a common misconception that the welfare system is bad because it takes my hard-earned money and gives it to people who didn't work for it. In reality, though, there are few groups that don't work...

I want you to join me in standing up and speaking out against violence, along with the Iowa Men's Action Network and the Men's Antiviolence Council. Reject the assumption that boys must be taught that...

Some truly bad news appeared on the event horizon in this past week — that would be the news event horizon, not a "real" event horizon. Physicists know about the "real" event horizons,...