You can’t have the world. You’re not Captain America. You’re nobody’s hero. Your family, if you have one, can do without your income. Your girlfriend, if you have one, doesn’t find you emotionally...

Now that the historic health-care bill is through Congress and signed, the business model of the health-insurance sector is going to see some changes. No longer (ideally) will health-care companies be...

YES By Jonathan Groves Despite the Democrats’ best wishes, attorney generals from at least 14 states have filed a lawsuit challenging various provisions of the recently signed health-care-reform bill....

For engaged college students, it’s a unique opportunity. After all, it’s not every day you get to question a Cabinet official. The Daily Iowan is participating in a forum sponsored by the Huffington...

I am a registered Republican because the GOP supposedly shares the principles I hold most dear: upholding the Constitution, the principles of the Founding Fathers, limited government, and personal liberty...

YES For many years on this campus, Fridays have been just another extension of the weekend for students. No classes at 8:30 Friday mornings means a long night of partying Thursday that continues into...

There’s something especially unnerving about how some of the biggest critics of health-care reform have responded to its passage. I’m not talking about the GOP vowing to repeal it after regaining control...

“Can anyone explain this health-care bill in simple words?” I heard this question amid the sweet and bitter slogans last week, when President Obama visited the University of Iowa. My head was also...

The recent changes to the student-lending market are refreshing and much needed, even if their most substantive effects won’t be felt here at the University of Iowa. Legislation affixed to the recently...

So, how does Armageddon feel? Pretty much like Tuesday, I suspect. Who knew? I don’t know about you, but I had always thought that Armageddon would feel more like a Monday. A really bad Monday. I...

One theory holds that humans abandoned the nomadic life with the discovery of brewing. Large quantities of beer were just too heavy to carry around, so we invented civilization. But what we have now is...

The make-up of the nation’s higher-education faculty is in flux. In 1960, 75 percent of college teachers were full-time tenured or tenure-track professors, according to the New York Times. At present,...