Weren't we all taught as children, "If you're going to do something, do it right?" This may have been applied to household chores such as washing dishes and making our Star Wars-theme beds,...

It seems as though the Republican presidential-nomination race has come down to a contest between the wind-up Ken Doll (Wind me up, and I'll tell you something different from the last time you wound me...

In the DI Feb. 29 column by Daily Iowan Editor Adam B Sullivan, "Santorum's right about something," he backs GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's remarks calling President Obama a "snob" for...

No HawkAlert doesn't necessarily have the best track-record as an emergency system. I speak from personal experience when I say that my mother usually hears about these so-called "threats" hours...

An ambulance screeches to a halt at the entrance of the University of Iowa Hospital's Emergency Department. A 20-year-old college student is pulled out from the ambulance and rushed into the emergency...

It is a shame to the integrity of this office the deplorable bullying tactics, name-calling, swearing innuendos, half-truths, emails, and other means that two members of the Board of Supervisors have done...

A bit over a week ago, I was jumbling a column together moments before deadline. As I rambled on about the evils of social networking, cracked-out on coffee and running on an empty stomach, I stopped periodically...

The new gun bill passed in the Iowa House has little potential to do good and great potential to do harm. It's a bill that is unnecessary for Iowans' safety that is written by insurance companies, and...

As an elected official in a republic, President Obama deserves as much criticism as the country can dole out. He's been called a socialist, a czar, and the latest from Rick Santorum: a snob.  Sometimes...

As the global demand for energy puts an ever increasing premium on traditional sources of energy, every major American institution is confronted with a simple choice: move toward sustainability, or risk...

It has become increasingly clear that controlling the price of gasoline is beyond the reach of any one country's energy policy. Luckily, with a small investment in new, more efficient technologies now,...

A dangerous radical group has declared war on the United States! Have you heard this from the national media or the White House? No? Well, me, neither. But it's true. That group just happens to be Anonymous....