As a strong supporter of gay marriage, I believe every state in the union should legalize it. However, governments can legalize it all they want, and the churches can still refuse to wed gay or lesbian...

Harper: Gather information and make your own choice Direct communication and full information are necessary to make health-related decisions. As a physician who routinely treats women and men with...

Q: What's the outlook for wind-energy? A: Wind energy is a valuable source of renewable energy, and the federal tax-credit for wind-energy production should be extended beyond its scheduled expiration...

No I don't like magicians. I like magic shows, but magicians always seem to put a little too much emphasis on the stupid trick no one cares about, such as pulling a pair of dirty boxers out of their...

When I first heard about the incident involving a University of Iowa student allegedly choking an Iowa City police officer who approached him because he was reportedly disrupting traffic, I was somewhat...

The time for prolonged gossip in the scandal surrounding the Penn State football program has passed. The question now is, what can we learn and what do we do? The situation presents a new opportunity...

A layperson examining the 2012 GOP presidential candidates may feel burdened by the number of great candidates. For instance, there's Herman Cain, the financial mastermind of Godfather's Pizza and...

If the Republican presidential contenders wish to remain truthful to their rhetoric of decentralization of power in Washington, they should take a break from wooing social conservatives and stand for...

Picture a mythical time in the future, but not too-too far in the future — and picture a place that used to be the greatest place on Earth. In this future and at this place (the United States),...

It looks like Georgia businessman Herman Cain will drop out of the Iowa caucus race soon. Cain isn't the brains of the party, and he probably wouldn't have ended up the candidate anyway. Still, the...

Learning languages early in childhood is vital to the growth of our students. School districts should start as early as elementary school to implement programs in order to provide students with the...

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's social-media staff isn't doing him any favors. Taking exception when they came across a disrespectful tweet by a suburban Kansas City high-school senior participating in...