Walk through the mechanical swoosh of Wal-Mart doors and you’ll be greeted by aisles of gleaming fresh produce with newly lowered prices. Healthy-shopping enthusiasts do not generally consider this...

• Shay O’Reilly: OK, so this is The Daily Iowan’s live coverage/commentary on the 2011 State of the Union. I’m Shay O’Reilly, Opinions editor. • Shawn Gude: Hey, I’m Shawn Gude — DI columnist. •...

Unpaid wages and unreturned deposits — these problems are nothing new to many people, and Iowa City is no exception. Renters in Iowa City often sign a lease and keep the property in good condition,...

“Snatching disaster from the jaws of success.” That’s how the director of the global health studies at the University of Iowa, Christopher Squier, describes Republican lawmakers’ proposal to cut...

The bad news: According to a new study, 36 percent of us are going to graduate from the University of Iowa having made zero academic progress over the last four years. The good news: Said study has a number...

In the past two weeks, I have joined many Twitter users in paying close attention to the abrupt end of a 23-year-long autocracy in Tunisia, following such hashtags as #Tunisia, #OpTunisia, and #SidiBouzid. Tunisians,...

If a person on Washington Avenue walked up to you and slid her or his hands up your thighs, you would resist and he or she would likely be arrested. But if the individual was wearing a Transportation Security...

"Christians feel alone at Christmas, right now, in this society that we live in," Gretchen Carlson, cohost of "Fox & Friends," said earlier this month on The O'Reilly Factor. "Because...

Leave it to Time magazine to once again flub up its "Person of the Year" award. This year's lucky recipient: Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. It makes one wonder: Wouldn't he fit into...

YES The fate of the Affordable Care Act essentially rests with two men: Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts. Kennedy was once seen as clearly conservative,...

Aisle after aisle of red and green clouds the vision of so many unfortunates attempting to wind their way through the unyielding mass of overflowing carts and screaming children. Incessant background music...