The financial collapse of late-2008 has left many in the United States scratching their heads. How did something like this happen? What are the origins of this mess? What exactly can we do to fix it?...

I think my Ukrainian heritage fuels my twin obsessions with Soviet history and economics. Sadly, this often puts me on opposing ideological ground from my good friends and fellow alumni of the Iowa...

The country that started the Arab Spring made its first step toward pluralistic, representative governance. On Oct. 23, and before the eyes of hundreds of national and international monitors, observers,...

We've all been there. It is 2 a.m., and your drunk roommate calls, wanting you to come pick her or him up. Your buddy has had one too many drinks and might need medical attention. Or worse, you're far...

It happened as fast as heels come off chicks returning home after bar close. I was up, then I was down, grasping my foot, gasping for air. When something's broken, the feeling is explicit. So when the...

As the parent of nearly four University of Iowa grads, a UI grad myself, and spouse to another UI grad, I was interested, in my rare reading of The Daily Iowan this past week, to see the article of sex...

Earlier this week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack laid out his priorities for the upcoming farm bill. Now, this bill is about a whole lot more than farming: It's about supporting the jobs of the future,...

In this time of protest — witness the occupation of Wall Street and the spread to other cities — your attention, please, for a suggestion of ultimate protest. It would involve two men on Capitol...

The Sierra Club Beyond Coal campaign has accelerated its effort at the University of Iowa by advocating the university to stop burning coal in its district combined heat and Power Plant. This worthwhile...

Just over a year ago, a woman said she was raped on the Pentacrest. The reported assault didn't occur in a dark alleyway or behind the closed doors of an apartment or dorm room as we often imagine. It...

Iowa City is not conducive for new business startups. The primary reason for this, as I have studied over the past two years, is the local business community's complacence in supporting innovation. We...

I arrived at the meeting room a few minutes early. I wasn't nervous, but I knew a lot was at stake for me on the other side of those conference room doors. Someone called my name, and I took my place at...