It's 2010 and we're living in the future. Our scientific understanding of evolution and psychology has advanced to the point that researchers, using carefully documented methods, can determine that women...

The New York Times recently reported that "American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trillion in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report." This is the...

For all of those hopeful, keep dreaming. Obtaining a written prescription for medical marijuana in Iowa likely won't happen anytime soon, according to one state legislator. While the Iowa Board of Pharmacy...

One of the most famous miscommunications in film was delivered perfectly: "Surely you can't be serious!" a flight attendant says to a doctor. "I am serious," he replies with a straight...

America's first problem in Afghanistan is that the Afghan people in the key battleground don't understand why we're there: When pollsters read a simple summary of the 9/11 attack and its aftermath to a...

It has been labeled a "death sentence" for those it infects, a disease that festers only in gay men, drug injectors, and morally deficient minorities. But these stigmas and others similar to...

Today, the World Health Initiative, a University of Iowa student organization, will host a blood drive in support of World AIDS Day. Those looking to donate blood (particularly all you O-positives out...

Walking across the Pentacrest this past Monday, I came upon two female students handing out fliers and encouraging people to attend a blood drive for World AIDS Day. My stomach dropped, but I said nothing....

So it's December (Yeah, I know; the calendar says it's still November. Ignore the calendar; it's running slow.), and gloom and doom are stalking around Hawkeye Nation, numbing imaginations and quieting...

There are eight urban school districts in Iowa — Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Iowa City, Sioux City, and Waterloo. These districts represent one-fourth of the total students,...

"If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested." With that, many of us became libertarians — at least as it pertained to invasive and improper airport screening. Public ire over the...

The co-chairmen of the president's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (the "deficit commission") have sparked a heated debate about how best to address the federal deficit. While...