Daily Iowan staffers look at things differently from everyone else. No, I don't mean we're naturally inquisitive or especially curious about the world or anything fluffy like that. I mean that journalists...

Iowa City's police force is misfocused and overstaffed while at the same time the Johnson County Courthouse is understaffed and laboring to keep up. These two issues represent misplaced priorities on the...

"Soon," an Iowa Public Radio reporter cheerily informed us early Monday, "you won't have to drive a car to reduce pollution emissions." Who knew? Call me naïve, but I, being one...

The personhood of corporations and political organizations seems obviously absurd. Then again, they seem to have a lot of friends, at least on Facebook. Although, they probably don't get a lot of event...

Hayek has experience I have known Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek since he was an intern for Rep. Dave Nagle for whom I worked when Iowa City was in the 3rd Congressional District of Iowa. I have watched and...

M. Zuhdi Jasser is not a household name when it comes to foreign and religious affairs, but it ought to be. The Navy veteran and medical doctor with a practice in Arizona took part in the University of...

Heading into the holiday season, few Iowans probably have their state's first-in-the-nation caucuses fully on their mind. Unfortunately, that will be forced to change quite soon — Iowa is about to become...

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs is dead, and everyone now knows the real reason behind the iCloud's timely development. It could be argued that Jobs and his company made the most beneficial impacts on the...

The Daily Iowan article "Little oversight exists for study-abroad orgs" (Oct. 4, 2011) includes the death of University of Iowa student Thomas Plotkin as its news peg in a story about potential...

Mentioning Iowa State University on this campus is usually met with a jumble of hisses, moans, and often a self-deprecating jab concerning football. But with the recent selection of a new and innovative...

It started with crowds surrounding a golden bull. On Sept. 17, protesters marched into parks and roadways near Wall Street, the seat of power in America's financial sector, to fill the area in a movement...

During this week and next, the University of Iowa community will see organizers from the Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS), the union for employed graduate students, meeting with graduate assistants...