The climate-change talks taking place in Copenhagen are on life support. One week into the conference — and with one week to go — progress toward a worthwhile climate deal has been slow. In order to...

Life — or at least what we refer to as life in our weaker moments — is full of Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot moments. Maybe you’ve noticed. (What’s with the “Whiskey-Tango” whatever? you say. It’s...

The Dec. 7 Daily Iowan article “The siren song of alcohol” brought home with great immediacy the terrible consequences of high-risk drinking at the UI. Admittedly, a good deal of what was written is...

UI Student Government President Michael Currie is no stranger to controversy. The UISG Senate censured him as a senator for conducting what critics called a racist game. During the campaign in April, Currie...

Casting a threatening shadow upon habitual procrastinators, the bane of finals week is, at long last, a reality. And it’s going to take more than energy drinks, dopamine-increasing pharmaceuticals, and...

I don’t envy you graduating seniors. You unfortunate group of people will enter the worst job market since the post-World War II era. This means you’ll compete with people who have years of experience...

I recently formed the group Medical Students for Liberty to promote the following principles: constitutional government, sound money, free markets, personal liberty, and a non-interventionist foreign policy....

Forty-five minutes into the state Board of Regents’ meeting on Thursday, UI students could feel the sting of financial defeat. In an almost preordained, anticlimactic manner, the $100 surcharge passed,...

When winter rolls in each year, there is always a list of things it brings with it. Car accidents, wet socks, frozen noses, hot chocolate, and the music of Bing Crosby all come to mind. But there’s...

Whether I’m dining with Rotarians in Washington, Iowa, or dining with Cabinet secretaries in Washington, D.C., everyone has a story of unintended pregnancy and how it changed a life. The story may be...

There has been much discourse in lieu of the Daily Iowan’s startling report on increasing binge drinking rates in Iowa City, and UI officials are continuing to explore measures to curb the university’s...

All I want for Christmas is a j-o-b! Students graduating this December will graduate into the worst job market in recent memory. Youth already tenuously in the job market are feeling increasingly insecure...