“The need for ‘economic growth’ that we hear so much about these days will be achieved, not by government harnessing the nation’s economic forces but by emancipating them,” wrote the late Sen....

While the last-minute budget deal reached onFriday night temporarily avoided a government shutdown, the battle over the federal budget is far from over. Next up will be a debate on whether or not to raise...

Transparency at all levels of government — this is the goal of the Iowa Transparency Project. There is another area of government that needs the spotlight on it in hopes of creating some sunshine:...

Republican conservatives were the chief winners in the budget deal that forced Democrats to accept historic spending cuts they strongly opposed. Emboldened by last fall’s election victories, fiscal...

On Tuesday, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-WI, released the proposed Republican budget for fiscal 2012. Our national debt tops a staggering $14 trillion, and it is being compounded by President Obama’s trillion-plus...

Nationally, 70.1 percent of 2009 high-school graduates enrolled in college, a continuing upward trend. The fall 2010 enrollment numbers echo this trend with Iowa State University reporting an all-time...

Table to Table, Iowa City’s food-rescue organization, will celebrate its 15th anniversary this year. It is a milestone to be recognized, as well as a tribute to a community that has rallied around us...

On Sunday, I watched the CNN documentary “Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door” in a state of bewilderment, anger, and above all, disgust. The hourlong film explored the town of Murfreesboro, Tenn., which...

Earlier this month, President Obama reneged on two important issues. First came the announcement that legal trials at Guantánamo Bay would recommence. Then, just a few days later, Obama stated that...

I am a native Iowan and a University of Iowa student. I love being a part of this state and this school. Unfortunately, my pride was wounded by the March 7 column “Big pork’s pandering.” The article...

“I regard a good budget as among the noblest monuments of virtue,” President Calvin Coolidge once said. Today, the largest domestic-policy issue is government spending and the escalating debt and...

The old saying goes that watching laws get made is like watching sausage get made — they may be good at the end, but the process is pretty ugly to watch. The 2011 Iowa legislative session is one such...