Yes, yes, I know — none of you care a whit about the Red Sox, except that it was enormously entertaining to watch a exorbitantly paid baseball club melt down into utter ignominy. It's always fun to...

Yes Because renters are seriously failing with an average of only 30 percent insured, downtown property owners should mandate renter's insurance. In a place such as downtown, where there are countless...

If the Democratic Party wishes to remain a viable entity in Iowa politics, this November's election becomes a very real endgame scenario. Eastern Iowa plays host to a special election for the newly vacated...

I was recently a bit put off while reading a column written by Dean Treftz in the Sept. 26 edition of The Daily Iowan. It seems that he found a few scary numbers and decided to write a column voicing...

Iowa natives starts to get nervous when the University of Iowa administration announces it will increase its nonresidential population. Some fear it will limit local access to higher education. Others...

A mistrial was granted Tuesday in the trial of Charles William Curtis Thompson involving the slaying of John Versypt. In the presentation of a video containing a police interview with Thompson, Johnson...

What was supposed to go in this section was the University of Iowa Democrats' take on state appropriations to the UI. Unfortunately for all of us, the Democrats never responded to the prompt, even after...

On the night of Sept. 22nd around 2 a.m., I was walking home with a group of friends. As we were walking home we saw a man passed out on the side of the road, face first. We were concerned about his safety,...

We expect politicians to tell half of the story. We expect them to imply things that might not be there. Stretching the truth is the norm. But how much stretch from politicians is the American public willing...

You don't have to spend much time watching cable television or listening to talk radio before you hear people being interrupted and cut off. In these contentious times, there's always going to be a temptation...

Editor's note: The University Democrats' response was supposed to run today, but they missed the deadline. Their editorial will run tomorrow, instead. Since 2001, state appropriations to the state Board...

About a half million dollars has been saved by alleviating jail overcrowding and bettering the community — and there's plenty of room for improvement. With the persistent problems of overcrowding and...