In our post-racial America, it is no longer socially permissible to use race as the justification for discrimination or exclusion. Racism, while still a problem, is generally more institutional and subtle...

YES It certainly seems like an unrealistic, foolish plan that would go horribly wrong. But liquor isn't the only thing delivered to residences, allowing me to reluctantly endorse the service — as long...

Any UI student will tell you procrastination is never a good option. Congress is learning that message the hard way, because the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire at the end of this year. President...

Take a peek at the raw numbers, and it's clear the left's supposed "enthusiasm gap" is a canard; disillusioned liberals haven't abandoned Obama en masse, much as his policies might warrant such...

Most of us agree that things aren't right in our world and that change is desperately needed. What's lacking is the political party willing and able to stand up to the power elite. In both Iowa and Washington,...

At first glance, the University of Iowa’s new Alcohol Harm Reduction Plan seemed absurd. We were especially concerned with the preliminary suggestion that prospective students divulge past problems with...

We all have skeletons in our proverbial closets. But until this new age of sophisticated technological information-gathering, we were all fairly certain these personal collections would not be probed. Boy,...

This year we witnessed convoluted relationships between American politics and both the electronic and print press. Newspapers were dissed and rewarded, television news continued its effort to appear to...

How do some Iowa lawmakers measure the worth of 147 research articles, 26 scholarly books, 50 grant applications, and 100 updated or new courses? Apparently as a frivolous financial burden on Iowa taxpayers:...

"Holy cow, men." So began all the October practices of my high-school football team. Coach Dan Dvorak always had a way with words. It seemed like October practices — particularly in 2006 —...

Republican elected officials could use coaching on how to talk about the immigration issue — and, just as importantly, how not to talk about it. There's a huge need. When talking about immigration,...

Before the advent of the Internet, when social-networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace were still a thing of the future and cell phones were big, bulky devices for the privileged few, kids could...