By the time most people are reading this column, the Iowa Supreme Court will have announced its decision in the contentious case of Varnum v. Brien. If the court rules that the state Constitution requires...

When he visits Strasbourg, France, this week to participate in festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, President Obama should deliver a valedictory address announcing...

“This generation,” Franklin D. Roosevelt said about his contemporaries, “has a rendezvous with destiny.” Our generation — at least, its leaders, judging by the likely results of this week’s...

A bar without alcohol may sound like an oxymoron, but if UI officials and community leaders have their way, dry bars may become a reality. In an attempt to curb binge drinking among college students, UI...

Andrew Klavan likes to goad people into trying new things. Whether via sarcasm or serious argument (you be the judge), he just wants you to try to be objective. Even if he sometimes isn’t (really, who...

President Obama this week delivered a believable, sharp and necessary ultimatum to U.S. automakers. “We cannot make the survival of our auto industry dependent on an unending flow of taxpayer dollars,”...

I admit I am aware of Internet Rule No. 34: “If it exists, there is porn of it.” I am also aware that it this rule is absolutely true (and if you don’t believe, go ahead and Google Image Search...

I’m having a hard time forming an opinion about first lady Michelle Obama, mostly because there are already so many out there, and they’re almost uniformly inane. There’s the constant clucking about...

As the economy continues to go deeper and deeper into the shitter, many Americans are finding themselves looser with their lips. A recent poll on MSNBC revealed that almost 40 percent of the respondents...

How do you say “Chrysler” in Italian? I don’t know, either, but it appears as though we’re going to get the chance to find out pretty soon. Now, I don’t really know that for sure, because I...

These days, protests over college commencement speakers herald spring’s arrival as surely as longer days and greening leaves. The most interesting of this season’s controversies involves President...

In Mississippi, we call this time of year spring, for which thesaurus.com offers these related words: bud time, flowering, prime, and springtide. Excellent. Better yet, in Florida, where I spent my spring...