YES Before the results and subsequent outcomes of the Republicans' Ames Straw Poll were made available, I gave little attention to its media veneration. I thought the poll was useless and naïve way of...

An unidentified young woman delivered this line to me out the window of a shiny Honda Civic on Madison Street while I was biking home. Drivers such as this critic of mine, who rarely understand that biking...

When Bay Area Rapid Transit officials shut down cell-phone service on the train platforms last week, they believed they were averting a disruptive protest. Their actions also triggered a number of questions...

Corporations — including Walmart, Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Kraft Foods — are helping to write bills proposed in the Iowa House of Representatives. The American Legislative Exchange Council is a...

It's nearing the end of July, and all those who didn't renew their current leases are bustling about Iowa City, gathering their belongings and preparing to move into their new homes on Aug. 1, the traditional...

Monday's guest opinion by D.M. Seay poses many troubling questions. It does a great job of raising the issue about the treatment of the chronically mentally ill and the aging mentally ill — not only...

Democratic presidential candidate Harry Braun's solution to the nation's problems is a constitutional amendment only 26 words long: Enacting this as the 28th Amendment would effectively institute direct...

As debt ceiling negotiations sit deadlocked, the economy continues to sputter on the home front. Recently, a Roberts Dairy plant in Iowa City closed its doors for good, costing nearly 50 workers their...

There were hours of breakout panels, several high-profile speakers, and an abundance of innovative ideas. But this week's Iowa Education Summit was bereft of one vital emphasis: citizenship education. With...

Wait, seriously? We're attacking a caucus candidate for how gay her spouse looks when he dances? Yeah, that really happened. Earlier this month, comedy newsman Jon Stewart played a clip of Marcus Bachmann...

Even if you can't see or taste it, that doesn't mean it's not there: mercury, methane, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), and myriad other chemicals and dangerous compounds are floating along Iowa wind currents...