“Do you think we’re going to go to war?” The day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, school was canceled. My 11-year-old self faced the stark September sunlight with a strange uncomprehending shell...

Christie Vilsack has guts. The former first lady of Iowa, currently in the midst of a listening tour in the newly formed 4th Congressional District, is considering challenging the formidable Steve King,...

“The present administration is committed to a period of economy in government … There is not a menace in the world today like that of growing public indebtedness and mounting public expenditures …...

When possible presidential candidates such as former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum come to the University of Iowa campus, they’re greeted by crowds of mostly non-students. Even Rep. Ron Paul, who is particularly...

In the current financial zeitgeist, every echelon of government is seeking to cut programs, but with our jails unbelievably overcrowded and the economy-inspired mental-health crisis, it is regrettable...

At 9:30 p.m. in Iowa City, the bars were as empty as any given Sunday evening. One half hour later, throngs of people were crashing into the bar district, wearing flags around their necks, taking red,...

Much has been written about abortion doctor LeRoy Carhart opening a clinic in Council Bluffs. It’s an uproar at Council Bluffs City Council meetings and even caused the proposal of HF 657, a bill to...

YES While professionals such as journalist Tom Brokaw and attorney Arthur Neu have certainly contributed much hard work and knowledge to their fields, is this deserving of a doctorate degree? The University...

"Men in tights made this country what it is," says the BBC Radio announcer during BBC's interminable, bone-numbing coverage of some marriage in London last week (think C-SPAN with that "sophisticated"...

Thanks to the First Amendment, I'm free to write these words — and you're free to read them. But for about 84 percent of the approximately 6.9 billion people with whom we share this planet, that's not...

After tireless years of research, at least six years’ worth of teaching, and immeasurable preparation and planning, the best and the brightest in the professorial sphere are granted the holy grail of...

Being funny isn’t “presidential.” But once per year since 1920, presidents have cracked jokes to an audience and listened to their own roasts at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. This year,...