Back in 1960, the CIA hatched a plan to kill Patrice Lumumba by infecting his toothbrush with a deadly disease. The Congolese leader would brush his teeth and, presto, in a few days or weeks he would be...

What Iowa industry has grown more than five times in the last nine years? If you were so bold as to predict the wine industry, you would be correct. According to a study from Iowa State University, there...

I enjoy checking my horoscope in the paper. They’re fun, I can’t deny that, either by way of an occasional creepy bull’s-eye or wildly missed marks. But there are among us, sadly, those who take...

I am pleased to see that the DI’s Editorial Board is not suggesting that the new UI recreation center is not needed, but I argue instead that the cost-sharing plan and the years of planning the new...

“This city is what it is because our citizens are what they are.” Plato had it right. For as much as any one of us gripes about how Iowa City is run by its elected officials, much of what is done...

WISE LATINA WOMAN Aries (March 21-April 19): Don’t obsess about that nagging knee injury and your lack of health insurance — Congress is plodding to the rescue. Never mind that Republicans in Congress...

The Obama administration, moving gingerly toward what the president has said will be a far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s broken immigration system, is trying to show at the outset that it is serious...

Clinton Street is a concrete river that divides downtown Iowa City into two worlds. The Pentacrest sits atop a hill to the street’s west side — a testament to Iowa’s history and higher education. Bars...

There’s something about humming along nostalgically to Hy-Vee’s Feel-Good-But-For-God’s-Sake-Don’t-Get-Offended Music Mix for the first time that forces you to take stock in your life. There’s...

Downing terrorists keeps U.S. safe For eight years, the CIA had a secret program to kill or capture Qaeda operatives. A few weeks ago, Congress was briefed on it — and now we are debating the details...

Some columns write themselves. Earlier this week, for instance, I sat down to write a piece about Republicans in the 2010 gubernatorial election. I sat down at the keyboard, and words just poured onto...

More than 20 UI College of Law faculty members have signed a letter to Senate leaders, urging them to approve Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. In light of Sotomayor’s confirmation...