The University of Iowa's utilities budget is $4.74 million more this year than last, nearly a 7 percent increase. Officials from Iowa State University are reporting utility-cost increases of less than...

A recent Herman Cain (known as The Mark by his fellow Republican presidential aspirants) political ad has the entire world buzzing. Well, at least that part of the world that pays attention to political...

As the parent of nearly four University of Iowa grads, a UI grad myself, and spouse to another UI grad, I was interested, in my rare reading of The Daily Iowan this past week, to see the article of sex...

Yes I don't run marathons. But I imagine it would be difficult to win a marathon with one of your legs cut off. You are ready to run, getting all excited, and then someone comes along and just lops one...

If there were more libertarian influence in U.S. foreign policy, we would have been out of this war much sooner. Constitutional use of the military, an end to welfare for foreign nations, and a pursuit...

Earlier this week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out his priorities for the upcoming farm bill. Now, this bill is about a whole lot more than farming: It's about supporting the jobs of the future,...

Yes This week, Poll Position released the results of its national smoking poll. Apparently, 52 percent of Americans "frown on" those who smoke cigarettes. I wonder what the percentage would...

I am astonished at how quickly we seem to forget. I am amazed at the rate we auction off our base principles of existence. And yet every time, I am surprised by the murmurs of hypocrisy leaking from the...

In this time of protest — witness the occupation of Wall Street and the spread to other cities — your attention, please, for a suggestion of ultimate protest. It would involve two men on Capitol...

The Occupy Iowa City General Assembly approved the following statement of principles over the course of a two-part discussion on Sunday and Monday. In the fierce urgency of now: 1. We observe the destructive...

The United States is a democratic republic. Or at least, I think it is. Ever since I was a wee boy in social studies class, that's what I've been told over and over again. Yet, lately before I fall asleep...

The Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign has accelerated its effort at the University of Iowa by advocating the university to stop burning coal in its district combined heat and Power Plant. This worthwhile...