The United States needs a health-care sweet spot — a way to raise revenue for needed programs now and a way to lower health-care costs in the future. Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages — those with...

Johnson County Supervisor Larry Meyers’ death last month left both a hole in the community and an absent seat on the Board of Supervisors. To fill that seat, the county statutory committee recently voted...

The recent news that UI officials could cut additional UI teaching assistants because of budget cuts — on top of the 150 already axed — was like an unexpected slug. In my four years at this university,...

As I enjoy my fourth season as athletics director at the UI, I appreciate more than ever before the special feel of “Kinnick Magic.” I continue to be amazed and appreciative of the passion shown by...

Today’s schedule for UI students should be as follows: Wake up, go to class, and vote in the City Council primary. The first two are (hopefully) a given, but the last one is a necessity. Two years ago,...

So President Obama failed (failed — how can Obama the Hope fail?) to snatch away the Olympic Games from those greedy Brazilians and bring them to Chicago. (OK, OK; quite obviously, Brazilians are no...

A majority of so-called Republican strategists believe that health care is a Democratic issue. They are wrong: Health care is an American issue, and the Republican Party has an opportunity to demonstrate...

In interviewing the five primary candidates for Tuesday’s City Council primary, the Editorial Board weighed a variety of integral factors. Candidates had to have a grasp of both student and nonstudent...

I’m still waiting for my financial aid. Card after card from the UI Office of Student Financial Aid has come in the mail, but I’ve yet to receive my refund check — the money left over after student...

The Obama administration’s quest to control the health-insurance industry has dominated the headlines for months, but finally — with the news out of Iran and Afghanistan — foreign policy has again...

Democracies are based on the notion that elections should be free and fair and that ballots should be counted in an unbiased manner. So — as we’re in the midst of election season — the question must...

I tend not to carry cash in my wallet. That could be a statement about my bank account or about the proliferation of plastic money. Regardless, all UI students get those plastic golden tickets — their...