The Iowa State Fair drew both those native to the state and people from across to the world to the fairgrounds in Des Moines. The annual extravaganza made evident the human connection between China and...
If you asked me if I could go on a plane by myself a year ago, I would’ve laughed.
It was a decade since I last traveled through air, and I couldn’t even drive to another state without having someone...
Any person who has entered one of the downtown Iowa City bars on a weekend night has surely recognized the hazy stew of artificially flavored vapor billowing from countless e-cigarettes in the crowd.
In...
The economic stopwatch is now ticking after President Trump’s most recent tariff imposition on China took effect Sunday following a 15 percent tariff-rate hike on Chinese products — up 5 percentage...
According to a recent CBS News article about the Pearson textbook company, college textbook prices have risen four times faster than inflation. In an earlier CBS report on a College Board study, the...
Countless students are encouraged to take their education further after graduating high school, and millions of Americans do. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that the overall U.S. population is...
At a time where polarized political parties are the norm, it can be difficult to imagine public discourse any other way. But this wasn’t always the case, and it doesn’t have to remain this way. In...
In a since-deleted Twitter thread, University of Iowa College Republicans created a great argument for raising money as a student organization — one that can be beneficial to all student groups and political...
I love being an American. We invented the electric guitar, college football, and deep fried Oreos. We went to the Moon, put Mr. Rogers on TV, and have the best women’s soccer team.
But we also have...
Iowa’s 38-14 season-opening win over Miami (Ohio) on Aug. 31 wasn’t the cleanest game the Hawkeyes will play all year.
The RedHawks posted a couple explosive plays to move the ball down the...
In writing the 20 Out of 20 commentaries, I’ve focused almost entirely on the Democratic presidential-nomination race. That makes sense given that President Trump currently enjoys an approval rating...
I escaped the heat of a sweltering August day by sitting in a dark, cool auditorium. There, my hometown’s community theater put on its first ever performance, aptly choosing The Music Man. While watching...
