YES After it was released that the University of Iowa designated over a half of a million dollars to improve its employee-classification system, many questioned the necessity of such an investment —...

Dirty, undrinkable, and contaminated are usually adjectives attributed to water in Third-World countries. Not this time. These words were used to describe the quality of water right here in Iowa this...

On Sunday, I watched the CNN documentary “Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door” in a state of bewilderment, anger, and above all, disgust. The hourlong film explored the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn., which...

If Iowa livestock farmers and crop growers forgo safe, humane business practices, the unsavory results could end up on someone’s plate. Agricultural industries, like most, are subject to some amount...

Look out, doves — you’re under the gun. In a courageous move in these tough economic times, the Iowa Legislature, dominated by Republicans in the House, has approved a dove-hunting bill. I know;...

YES Enough with the excuses, Iowa City residents. We get it by now. You hate the environment. I’m sorry for that last paragraph, Iowa City residents. I jumped to conclusions. I made a hypothesis and...

It was a high-school pep rally, aged and squeezed into expensive suits. “The truth is,” U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., told the room at the Conservative Principles Conference, “social conservativism...

Earlier this month, President Obama reneged on two important issues. First came the announcement that legal trials at Guantánamo Bay would recommence. Then, just a few days later, Obama stated that...

Nobody likes tuition increases. Students are a given, but the state Board of Regents seems to find them troubling, too. After approving a 5 percent hike Wednesday, Regent President David Miles told The...

Call it the (un)affordability paradox. As tuition seems to rise inexorably, the University of Iowa’s enrollment continues to climb; the cost of college jumps hundreds — sometimes thousands — of...

Rarely are employees willing to work for free. For years, though, some Iowa workers have been doing just that — without their consent. Iowa workers owed back wages or rightful pay from employers are...

Uh huh. You know what it is. If you don’t, try asking the ants next to the rock you’ve been living under or one of the more musically fashionable residents at your nursing home. Wiz Khalifa’s “Black...