Following November’s election, Iowans’ decision not to retain three of the seven state Supreme Court justices because of a controversial ruling continues to raise questions about the future of the...

I was shaking, engulfed by an anxiousness experienced only by teenage girls about to see another Twilight movie and those about to testify in front of hundreds of people on behalf of their family. The...

State legislatures across the country are now experiencing one of the more unattractive aspects of governing: cutting budgets. Even Iowa, whose budget has been well-managed in recent years, is now forced...

One side is chock full of freedom-hating statists; the other, callous aggrandizers of Big Business. Or so the potshots go. In truth, despite real (and, admittedly, some intractable) differences, libertarians...

It was a unique race with an incumbent Democratic governor running against a former four-term Republican governor; a race in which both candidates were well-known and ran well-financed campaigns. But rather...

Earmarks are a very difficult part of the budget to understand. In fiscal 2010, $15.9 billion was spent on earmarks. Given the amount of funds that are spent on earmarks every year, and how most people...

YES During a time when officials are talking about putting people back to work, it may seem counterintuitive to support a measure that could cause a job loss, however negligible. But Iowans will be better...

Ostensibly, you can tell how someone votes by which church they attend. The idea, rapidly becoming a truism, is this: Culture-warring evangelicals vote hard-line Republican, reform Jews vote Democrat,...

Student-loan payments, heavy homework loads, time-management learning curves, frequently difficult roommates, and brand-new social situations — these notorious obstacles exasperate even the best-prepared...

Welcome to 1984. Egyptians were effectively cut off from the Internet around 12:30 a.m. Cairo time on Jan. 27, when the government shut down nine of the country’s 10 largest ISPs, blocking Internet access...

Our university is nearing a critical juncture. Public universities in Iowa receive revenue from two main sources: state appropriations and tuition. During the past two fiscal years, state appropriations...

Last week’s nearly simultaneous hospitalization of 13 University of Iowa football players drew national attention. And for good reason: It is improbable that so many athletes came down with rhabdomyolysis...