So, let’s see. A little more than a week ago, say 10 days (give or take a day, and this being winter, you could certainly take a day and we wouldn’t miss it much), President Obama was politically dead...

Iowa City should become a sanctuary city, and here is why: It would be a step toward recognizing that seeking the welfare of one is seeking the welfare of all. A sanctuary city is a place in which a formal...

YES On the docket for the Iowa City City Council’s Tuesday meeting is an interesting inquiry: Five Stars Taxi is asking the council for permission to place electronic advertisements on the top of its...

The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, brings together a cadre of the world’s rich, powerful, and über-influential to discuss the great issues of the day. True to form, this year’s...

Approximately a quarter of the undergraduates at the UI report having suffered physical injury as a result of their alcohol use within the last year. About half report blacking out, around a quarter had...

The devastation is widespread, the pleas for aid are gut-wrenching, and the whole world is watching. Hundreds of Haitians are dead, and bodies litter the crumbled streets. Roughly 2,000 miles away, take...

“I’m pregnant.” “What? Honest to blog?” “Yeah. Yeah, it’s Bleeker's.” “It’s probably just a food baby. Did you have a big lunch? “No, this is not a food baby, all right? I’ve...

The UI recently announced a new vice president to fill yet another newly resurrected administrative position. Iowa taxpayers and students are paying this new vice president of Strategic Communications,...

On Tuesday, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a common-sense measure that would bring the state up to speed with the majority of the country. It would extend unemployment benefits to spouses of...

In 1941 at his State of the Union address, Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated his vision of four fundamental freedoms that everyone around the world should enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression, freedom...

As an 18-year-old freshman, you come to the UI with the hopes of getting a good education and finding a great job after graduation. Unfortunately, you make a mistake and drink alcohol in a bar, resulting...

Last Thursday night, I was on the verge of tears. The headline on the New York Times’ website announced the ominous news: Earlier that day, the U.S. Supreme Court had overturned decades of precedents,...