No It doesn't matter how much something bothers you — you should not infringe on someone else's rights. I don't think we have to argue the side-effects of smoking: It causes cancer, heart problems,...

The financial collapse of late-2008 has left many in the United States scratching their heads. How did something like this happen? What are the origins of this mess? What exactly can we do to fix it?...

I think my Ukrainian heritage fuels my twin obsessions with Soviet history and economics. Sadly, this often puts me on opposing ideological ground from my good friends and fellow alumni of the Iowa...

Yes Finally, there's imminent reason to beware the Occupy movement — but it's not the usual suspects the Iowa caucuses should take every security measure against. Oh, no. It's much more serious...

We live in the United States of Amnesia. Or so it would seem. Only months after NATO and American operations in Libya abated, no one seems to remember or care. On Nov. 5, a Des Moines Register poll...

Over the last few weeks, I've had the opportunity to get out of Washington and talk with folks across the country about how we can create jobs and get our economy growing faster. This is a tough time...

As an overlooked story from last week's news cycle has shown, connections between President Obama and Occupy Wall Street have become more evident — and not for the right reasons. A securities broker...

The country that started the Arab Spring made its first step toward pluralistic, representative governance. On Oct. 23, and before the eyes of hundreds of national and international monitors, observers,...

Yes One year after Iowa City upheld its decision to keep its bar-entry age at 21, the University of Iowa is deep in the midst of a change in reputation. In terms of the national perspective, however,...

[(Time required for college kids to vote) + (super busy college schedules)] x (any amount of apathy)2 = Probably not a lot of student-votes for student-candidate for City Council Raj Patel. Guess which...

There seems to be an unsettling number of confounding truths at work when it comes to higher education in America. It's a trying time to be a student. Amid the chaos of a depressed economy, certain...

The DI Editorial Board is thoroughly impressed with the candidate pool for Iowa City City Council. There are a few that we prefer, of course. We officially endorse the following: Raj Patel Raj Patel...