A great man and a great Iowan passed away over the weekend: scientist and humanitarian Norman Borlaug. It’s tough to use just one name to define Borlaug, especially considering he despised that “father”...

Democrat Curt Hanson won by a margin of just 107 votes in a special election earlier this month in Iowa’s House District 90. The race was interesting because off-year elections allow you to take the...

The IMU’s ground floor doesn’t contain any mud, mold, or moisture from the flood. It also doesn’t contain anything that made it the popular hangout it once was. The devastating 2008 flood washed...

“You lie,” huh? With those two words, an obscure (to use the polite word) Republican congressman from the state famous for firing on Fort Sumter and starting the Civil War leaped into the national...

For many years, a handful of American political leaders have been trying to gain passage of comprehensive health care for all Americans. As far back as President Truman, they have urged Congress to act...

The new hours for the UI Studio Arts Building have restricted the nimble hands of UI artists, who have nowhere else to go to finish their school projects. For the immediate future, studio-art students...

The framers of the Constitution knew that the document founding our democracy must be the anchor of liberty and the blueprint for its preservation. Wisely, they provided a balance of powers to ensure that...

A new mandatory program for freshmen underscores UI officials’ increasing desire to act as parental figures. Launched in 2008, the program — Pick One — now requires freshmen to participate in campus...

Today is a day for remembrance. Some people remember 9/11 with nostalgia as a day when Americans came together. Some remember it with cynicism and indifference. I remember it as a surreal day when raw...

I’m not really a fan of tearing people down or passing judgment on things with which I am relatively unfamiliar, so, luckily, the dirty work has already been done for me. Last week, a Daily Iowan columnist...

Because of the H1N1 flu virus, UI officials have implemented a new attendance policy for students. Is it a good one? Two DI opinions writers weigh in. Policy doomed to fail I have a premonition for this...

It is often too easy to disregard the debates surrounding economic and financial reform taking place in the country. While this recession has been dubbed the worst since the Great Depression and given...