When Terry Branstad left office, he had a Republican House and Senate. He did not fix welfare, education, our prisons, our courts, taxes, or our economy. While he managed the status quo much better than...

The midterm election was a watershed event for what is usually a lonely group of dissidents. These are people who belong to two distinct communities that are at odds with one another. One group worries...

Want to know what state government is doing? Be prepared to pay for it. As it stands, a public-records request the government deems massive costs citizens and journalists a "reasonable fee"...

"This song is called, 'Sharia Law in the USA,' " Basim Usmani yells, then slams on his electric bass while screaming into the microphone. In the crowd, exuberant women in headscarves dance...

Though the 2008 floodwaters have receded, some of the resulting complications are still with us. The natural disaster destroyed the Coralville Parks & Recreation and Transit building. The two departments...

In the Years of the Prince of Hope, change comes like a glacier, and people soon return to video games, which are understandable because video games don't speak in Ivy League words. Also, change comes...

Unemployment is a major issue facing the state of Iowa and this country. The national unemployment rate is 9.6 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But in reality, it is much higher than...

YES Bipartisanship, it seems, is more important than ever. The Democrats' electoral evisceration last week — both at the federal level and in the Iowa Legislature — engendered divided government....

There's a palpable sense of disappointment, and many students are feeling downright aggrieved after last week's election. Despite heavy student turnout, 21-only still stands. At the earliest, 21-only...

Will Mattessich brought up a number of points in his Nov. 5 column"End the Fed?" that need to be addressed. Mattessich fails to address what a gold standard is and the benefits of such a system....

Iowa City is going to the dumps, the incensed say. Students aren't going to have any more fun. Bars are going to close, and everyone is going to lose her or his job. A few days after the election, it's...

If platitudes are a disease, American politics is experiencing an epidemic. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are infected, some more severely than others. And who can blame them? It seems most Americans...