Lewin’s remarks honest, at least I think the responses to the controversy between Professor Ellen Lewin and the UI College Republicans miss a salient point. While I, no doubt, would be in the Republicans’...

Iowa City residents seem to have difficulty saying "no" to police officers. Over the past week, there have been 40 reported alcohol- or drug-related police citations to college-age persons in...

The revolution is upon us. Republican congressman Ron Paul, you see, announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee in Des Moines earlier this week. This is a different kind of revolution,...

I couldn't help but enjoy Bob Thompson's April 18 perspective on the false image of downtown that the Iowa City City Council seems intent to project on our reality. It was refreshing to see another Iowa...

YES Does Mailboxes of Iowa City have a second branch within walking distance of its downtown one? The answer is “no,” because the owners have at least an inkling of common sense. To a fiscal conservative...

President Barack Obama calls it “silliness,” and he’s right. But being right is not important to the so-called “birther” movement, which claims that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake, Obama...

West High students Josh Fortman, Alex Spragle, and Kevin Lam don’t usually attend School Board meetings, but on Tuesday evening, they joined the crowd spilling out the doors at the Iowa City School District’s...

Racism really does happen here. In response to student reports and media attention, UI officials have called recent incidents of racial harassment, including the yelling of slurs and the N-word outside...

Last week’s stories and subsequent commentary regarding “Conservative Coming Out Week” revealed the tension and conflict that exists below the fault lines of civility. I celebrate the notion that...

Oh, dear. The tender, tender feelings of the College Republicans were so terribly, terribly hurt — sniff, sniff, pass the Kleenix, please — because a UI professor last week used a "naughty"...

We've always valued education. People come here for school or work and fall in love with the atmosphere of Iowa City because we have genius and artistry in the making. We live in an educational oasis when...

YES While I'm typically against giving the University of Iowa more money than I already do, I agree with the state Board of Regents on a proposed room and board increase for a few reasons. First of all,...