Last week, quite famously now, the Iowa City City Council (yes, that repeat of the word “City” is quite annoying, but what are we going to do, rename the town?) brought back the 21-ordinance from the...

The woman on the table is screaming. I’m gripping her hand with two fingers — I’ve heard that a woman in labor can break your fingers if you give her your whole hand — and holding her knee up...

YES The Iowa City Housing Authority closed the floodgates. It’s about time. The Housing Authority is no longer accepting applicants for federal housing assistance. The city made a pragmatic choice...

Councilors are tired of the city’s drinking culture. That much is clear after they resurrected the 21-ordinance last week. But will the 21-ordinance, which top University of Iowa officials support,...

The perception is growing among many Americans that Washington is broken. According to a recent Ipsos/McClatchy Poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that nothing can be accomplished in Washington. It’s...

Let me weigh in here, as I have attempted to do elsewhere, on the recent report from the UI Task Force on Graduate Education. First, it’s biased: The entire exercise is one that has a built-in bias...

Right now, thousands of Iowans are breaking the law — they’re participating in illegal online gambling. But those risk takers might not need to worry much longer. A proposal from a group of state...

University of Iowa and Iowa City officials seem to place a great deal of weight on protecting women (or at least maintaining the appearance of it). In my nearly four years of attending the UI, I remember...

The final report of the Task Force on Graduate Education: Selective Excellence has drawn much attention in the University of Iowa and the higher education community — and rightfully so. It is rare that...

Earlier this week, the Iowa City City Council exhumed the corpse of the 21-ordinance from its nearly 21⁄2-year-old grave. The Editorial Board would be happy to see the ordinance rest in peace. The move...

The David Miles I spoke with Wednesday morning was not the David Miles the public is used to hearing. “I’m not throwing in the towel at all to make the case over and over again to the Legislature,...

“What school do you go to?” “I go to Iowa.” “Oh, I bet you have fun up there.” “Yeah, it’s a blast.” “I bet you get wasted a lot, huh?” This tends to be a typical conversation...