If current negotiations falter, international efforts to curtail Iran’s nuclear program may escalate to the imposition of “crippling sanctions” or even the use of military force. A crucial question...

After months of negotiations, the Senate Finance Committee approved its health-care reform bill on Tuesday. The sharp partisan split — Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was the only Republican who voted for...

Bad economic news is plentiful. Unemployment is creeping toward 10 percent nationally, cash-strapped states are cutting education budgets, and the job market is absolutely terrifying. Is there any good...

Full equality for gays and lesbians is the civil-rights issue of our time. Men and women who want to preserve and protect the ideals of this nation are being booted from the military because of who they...

Downtown location would help economy, culture of Iowa City On Monday, about 300 people filed into Macbride Auditorium to discuss the pinnacle issue of the flood recovery effort: where the UI should rebuild...

What happens when Generation Y bumps and grinds right alongside the baby-boomer generation? New statistics show that these strong doses of Geritol and Viagra give you Johnson County and Iowa City. In...

After enduring the swath of destruction from 2008’s flood, grieving over the tragic death of a professor, and performing all over town in various echo chambers, the School of Music is an easy target....

As the trend toward promoting environmentally friendly communities spreads, entities in the Johnson Country area have been working to do their part as well. The Johnson County Council of Governments has...

So this is the way it apparently goes these days. On NPR recently, an infectious-disease expert, in urging people (that would be us, if you’re keeping score at home) to get flu shots, stressed that people...

As I write this progress note on Oct. 11, we are nine days into our quest to obtain 7,299 signatures in order to call for a special election to fill the Board of Supervisors’ seat left vacant by the...

The photo frame at Gay Days read, “Just Married in Iowa City.” The gay-friendly event at Disneyland Resort in California, which hosted approximately 30,000 attendees last week, was the latest in an...

Our esteemed Editorial Board — of which I am a member — advocated medical marijuana’s legalization on Oct. 9. In an interview with Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, he talked with passion about the...