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...

The beloved children's story "The little engine that could" is a tale of perseverance and spunk, used to teach children that if they keep trying, they will eventually succeed. As adults, we know...

Accusation of criminal wrongdoing, whatever its nature, doesn't mean one is guilty. And it shouldn't mean one should lose her or his job because of the stigmatization that often accompanies such charges. Four...

Sunday evening, while strolling through my Facebook newsfeed in an attempt to briefly escape the looming battery of finals, I encountered an interesting piece titled "The Organization Kid" my...

Research doesn't mean relief for the millions of Americans suffering from mental illness. Scientific discovery, though valuable, translates only roughly into enhanced services, which are more important...

Governing, as we all should have discovered by now, is not nice, fresh, organic arugula — as great as nice, fresh, organic arugula is. Remember that extraordinary pop of pepper you get at that first...

I appreciate this opportunity to reframe The Daily Iowan Editorial Board's view that the Alcohol Harm Reduction plan is "naïve." I see it as positive, proactive, and based in sound research...