The real world is a messy place to collect data and draw conclusions, and The Daily Iowan’s June 27 editorial, “Drinking stats encouraging, not proof of programs’ efficacy,” did a good job of pointing...

Monday was, of course, the Fourth of July, the day we Americans celebrate as Independence Day — generally with some barbecue, some fireworks (didn’t the Chinese invent fireworks? curious), and lots...

“New York,” reports BBC News, “has become the sixth and most populous US state to allow same-sex marriage.” New York’s new law reignites the contentious issue of same-sex marriage, providing...

YES Mopeds are not cars — left in a street parking spot, they sit isolated in a wide swath of asphalt — but they aren’t bikes, either: Their frequent tethering to bike racks dominates the space,...

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has long been a vocal supporter of foster-child services. Mix that theme with his fervent support for the war on methamphetamines, and there’s a potent legislative mixture...

“You know that Arizona-style immigration bill we passed in May?” Georgia’s investigation results (basically) said. “Uh, yeah, about that.” This past week, the state of Georgia released results...

Thomas Paine, the catalytic firebrand who set the American Revolution ablaze, saw the uprising as America’s chance to free itself from the transatlantic tether of British dominion and as an opportunity...

YES K2 is a relatively unknown substance whose effects should be extensively researched before becoming widely available on the market. Relying on infectious mixtures of psychotropic chemicals, synthetic...

In an event right out of an ’80s cyberpunk novel, Waterloo resident Laurelai Bailey found the FBI at her door last week, with a warrant to search her home for information on the high-profile hacking...

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected California’s violent video-game law in part because of the imprecise social-science research linking violent video games to aggressiveness in children. Now if the court...

Johnson County is about to be the site of Iowa’s third Food Council. Food Councils, which exist in Pottawattamie and Cass Counties, aim to integrate local food into the community, promoting the buying...

Are Republicans channeling their antiwar forefathers? With GOP presidential-nomination aspirants questioning President Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan and congressional Republicans voting...