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...

Just how clean are we? According to the Bradley Corp., a commercial bathroom and locker-room furnishings manufacturer, a majority of Americans aren’t washing their hands much more now than before H1N1...

This year has proven to be a field of dreams — or, rather, a field of green — for movie producers filming in Iowa. The economy-boosting idea of attracting films to the state with tax credits — in...

We’ve already written about the pros and cons of health-care reform in this paper. And I argued in a previous column that young people stand to gain significantly — if not the most — from health-care...

“The worldly philosophers” was economist Robert Heilbroner’s term for such great economic thinkers as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, and Joseph Schumpeter. Today’s free-market economists,...

In the weeks following the July 24 death of John Deng, many have raised issues regarding the legitimacy of the shooting and whether it was warranted. The Iowa Attorney General’s Office released its final...

My friends were littering the new house with empty beer cans. They were creating a decorative pyramid of the past night’s frivolity and debauchery. As a newly unleashed sophomore in the world of renter...