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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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Jason O’Day, Columnist

Jason O’Day is a columnist at The Daily Iowan. He writes about political and social issues with a focus on personal liberty. He’s a junior at the UI, majoring in journalism and political science.

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An Iowa City Police vehicle is seen outside City Hall on Monday, June 8, 2020.

Opinion | Cutting ties with Iowa City police department too simple an answer to complicated problem

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
June 25, 2020
Closed lockers in a school hallway

Opinion | Teachers need better safety protections when schools reopen

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
June 24, 2020
Newly-elected Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley, R-New Hartford, speaks at the Iowa State Capitol on Monday, January 13, 2020. The House convened and leaders in the Iowa House of Representatives gave opening remarks to preview their priorities for the 2020 session.

Opinion: Let’s play ball

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
May 13, 2020
The Roy J. & Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is seen on Monday, November 18, 2019. (Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan)

Opinion: Deregulation will cure any pandemic

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
April 30, 2020
The Iowa State Capitol building is seen in Des Moines on April 9, 2019.

Opinion: Lawmakers should check Iowa governor’s emergency powers

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
April 21, 2020
Gov. Kim Reynolds smiles during the Condition of the State address at the Iowa State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.

Opinion: Kim Reynolds is right to refrain from shelter-in-place order

Jason O'Day, Opinions Columnist
April 8, 2020
Ben Shapiro, host of his online political podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) sponsored by the American Conservative Union held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, MD on February 22, 2018.

Opinion: Rash pundit predictions skew voter perception and are bad for our politics

Jason O'Day, Columnist
March 4, 2020
The Iowa State Capitol building is seen in Des Moines on April 9, 2019.

Opinion: Iowa parents deserve to have input on what their children are taught

Jason O'Day, Columnist
February 23, 2020
Republican caucus at West High, count up the votes for pricints 7, 8, and 9 on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012. Mitt Romney won, with 98 votes.

Opinion: The 2020 caucuses were bad, but 2012 was even worse

Jason O'Day, Columnist
February 10, 2020

Obsession with celebrities and their deaths has gone too far

Jason O'Day, Columnist
February 9, 2020
Democratic candidate Tom Steyer laughs with moderator Art Cullen during the Teamsters Presidential Candidate Forum in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019.

Opinion: A national referendum wouldn’t solve problems, it would create them

Jason O'Day, Columnist
February 5, 2020
President Donald Trump makes a statement announcing that a deal has been reached to reopen the government through Feb. 15 during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House Jan. 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Opinion: Trump is an accomplished conservative, and deserves to be renominated

Jason O'Day, Columnist
January 27, 2020
The prominant Hunting section of Scheels in Iowa City displays their firearms on Feb. 7, 2016. Hundreds of guns sit on the second floor of the All Sports store in the Coral Ridge Mall located in Corallville, Iowa.

Opinion: Hawkeyes should be allowed to protect themselves and others

Jason O'Day, Columnist
January 22, 2020
Nickleback lead singer Chad Kroeger performs during half time of the Thanksgiving Day game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, Thursday November 24, 2011. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press/MCT)

Opinion: Let people enjoy the music they like

Jason O'Day, Columnist
January 21, 2020
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Opinion: OK, ‘Boomer’ and other generational labels serve no purpose

Jason O'Day, Columnist
December 11, 2019
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) wave at the end of the Iowa GOP Reception at Hughes Family Barn in Cedar Rapids on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Facilitated by RPI Chairman Jeff Kaufmann, Reynolds and Ernst discussed their hardships and highlights throughout their political roles and personal lives.

Opinion: Iowa ethanol subsidies aren’t worth getting burned

Jason O'Day, Columnist
December 8, 2019
Students and members of the community sign in to caucus for the Democrat Party in the Robert Lee Rec Center on February 1, 2016.

Opinion: How we got the presidential primary system, and why it needs to change

Jason O'Day, Columnist
December 3, 2019
U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at the Values Voter Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

Opinion: Obsessing over political news is unhealthy and unhelpful

Jason O'Day, Columnist
November 20, 2019
The Iowa State Capitol building is seen in Des Moines on April 9, 2019.

Opinion: Iowa should reconsider the death penalty in case of homicide

Jason O'Day, Columnist
November 17, 2019
Hamburg Inn waitress and UI freshman Isabelle Teduits refills a customers coffee at the Hamburg on Sunday, April 23, 2017. Teduits is per suing a business degree at the University of Iowa. (The Daily Iowan/James Year)

Opinion: Tipping and restaurant etiquette from the perspective of a server

Jason O'Day, Columnist
November 12, 2019
President Barack Obama discusses energy plans during his visit to Newton, Iowa at the Trinity Structural Towers on April 22, 2009. The warehouse was once occupied by Maytag before it closed in 2006 and then was bought by Whirlpool.

Opinion: Even Obama isn’t for political correctness

Jason O'Day, Columnist
November 5, 2019
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2018.

Opinion: Facebook needs to be a bastion of free expression

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 28, 2019
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech during the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Each of the three Democratic presidential nominees held rallys before attending the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Opinion: Conspiracy theories are hurtful to public discourse

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 27, 2019
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics as seen on Sept. 17, 2018.

Opinion: Health-care freedom is better than free health care

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 21, 2019
Kinnick Stadium is seen fom the north end zone at Iowa Football Media Day on Friday, August 9, 2019.

Opinion: Iowa should follow California’s lead on college-athlete compensation

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 14, 2019

64 is a 10/10

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 8, 2019
Guns are displayed at Scheels in Coralville on Tuesday, April 11. The Iowa House recently accepted the stand-your-ground-provision, an amendment to HF 517, which permits an individual to use deadly force when their life is in danger.

Opinion: There are plenty of bipartisan ways to make Iowa schools safer

Jason O'Day, Columnist
October 7, 2019

Iowans’ defense of Carson King beats offensive media

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 30, 2019
Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear power plant complex in Middletown, Pa., on September 5, 2017.

Opinion: Nuclear energy is the best alternative to fossil fuels

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 26, 2019
Eco friendly lighting fixtures are seen at the University of Iowa's Main Library on Thursday, December 13, 2018.

Opinion: Library lights shouldn’t leave UI students in the dark

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 24, 2019
Photo Illustration by Katie Goodale

Opinion: Excessive partying isn’t worth the trade-offs

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 15, 2019
President Donald Trump walks to the podium during the Iowa GOP’s America First Dinner at the Ron Pearson Center in West Des Moines on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.

Opinion: Only one of Trump’s GOP re-nomination challengers is worth considering

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 12, 2019
Icicles form on the Old Capitol on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019.

Opinion: Getting a job now prepares students for the future

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 8, 2019
Photo illustration by Ryan Adams

Opinion: Cheaper textbooks won’t solve broader cost problems

Jason O'Day, Columnist
September 3, 2019
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