YES The food-exemption status provided to numerous Iowa City businesses is a wonderful example of what the city should do to promote a healthy downtown business district. Since the 21-ordinance passed,...

If you don’t know Gary Johnson, you won’t learn much from the June 13 Republican debate. CNN informed the Johnson campaign last week that the former New Mexico governor, who announced his presidential...

The war on drugs has failed. It’s time to legalize marijuana, decriminalize other drugs, and implement science-based policies instead of fear-mongering. These are not the words of drug-reform advocates,...

The 2010 elections and the first four months of Branstad’s newest term With the exception of the mediocre Rep. Dave Loebsack and Attorney Gen. Tom Miller, none of the candidates we endorsed were elected...

It's finally here, the weekend of all weekends. It's time. You've suffered through three finals; you may or may not have been taking the wrong test in the wrong room for that last one. It's hard to tell....

With birds chirping again and the police roaming around Saturday nights with their short-shorts on, it can only mean one thing: Summer break has returned to the University of Iowa. It seems we've survived...

The University of Iowa is becoming more conscientious of students’ diverse needs. Two measures that have gained notice in recent weeks are making campus friendlier to people with health conditions....

I just have to say “politics,” and 95 percent of my readers will move on to the next article. But it’s the remaining 5 percent — those who we’d suspect of actually caring — who are partly...

When is it OK to wave a flag? As the discussion of whether Osama bin Laden's killing was legal intensifies, some columnists are still debating whether the celebrations after the event were appropriate....

If Americans truly care about democracy as much as we purport, shouldn't we care about the protests in Italy? We paid attention to the Egyptian people in the relatively bloodless revolution that overthrew...

YES It seems hypocritical, right? Gov. Terry "our-bottom-line-is-more-important-than-our-children wow-what-a-catchy-nickname" Branstad is putting together a bill that has been proven to hurt...

From fiscal 2006 to 2010, the travel costs for the University of Iowa police — largely incurred by sending officers to training in Johnston, Iowa, and out-of-state — have more than doubled. What required...