The Iowa City Public Library is a beautiful and relatively new building. It holds a wide variety of resources meant to attract all age groups with books, music, movies, and just a quiet place to do whatever...

Americans now have made repeatedly rewarded presidential candidates after they commit faux pas. Four years ago, we elected Barack Obama after he said he had visited "all 57 states," and last...

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,...

With the primary June 5 and the general election creeping up on us, it's time to look at how we can improve the system of voting from the ballot box on up. Voting, the one action that makes America a...

Oh, by the hammer of Thor: The state Board of Regents has finally woken up from its hypocritical, seemingly fraudulent, and dogmatic slumber of condescension and ignorance. It's fantastic the regents,...

I "like" the First Amendment. And Bruce Springsteen. And the Chicago White Sox. In fact, you'll find my "likes" on Facebook pages devoted to news, sports, and music. All along, I've...

While Iowa proved to be a state filled with many Ron Paul supporters — as seen by the 26,000-plus votes he captured in the Iowa caucuses — many Republicans dubbed Paul too radical to be the GOP nominee,...

New graduates have good reason to celebrate their academic achievements. After all, on average, a college degree remains a good indicator for boosting one's lifetime earning potential. For many Americans,...

OK, obviously, going to Asia and visiting some of the hot spots such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, and Beijing would be the cat's pajamas. And, obviously, doing it on the UI Foundation's dime would be...

The Landfill fire is not a problem to be ignored. It is dangerous and expensive and is causing a reasonable amount of concern in the Iowa City area. By now, many are already aware that the reason this...

Here's a seemingly noncontroversial topic: student-loan rates. Keeping the federal rates on student loans low purportedly has bipartisan support: Republicans and Democrats both want lower rates. Libertarians...

There should be no such thing as hunger in Iowa. Sadly, Gov. Terry Branstad recently vetoed a $500,000 investment in our statewide Food Bank system that would have put us on a path to get closer to that...