There are often moral panics about the most recent development about whatever’s popular. There’s TikTok now, and social media before that, and rock music before that. A decade ago, that panic was...
I frequently spend time around my department’s professors as a philosophy major at the University of Iowa. During office hours with UI Philosophy Visiting Assistant Professor Keith Harris, he relays...
At the most recent Democratic presidential-nomination debate, CNN took a break from the standard policy questions to ask Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a simple question: Why do you hate women?
It wasn’t...
I like a lot of things that other people love to hate: pineapple on pizza, Fox News, and most importantly — Nickelback.
To say Nickelback is the worst ignores the group’s greatest hits such as “Rockstar”...
The New York Times Editorial Board announced Sunday endorsement for the Democratic presidential nomination: nobody.
It didn’t actually do that; it endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts...
Whether you had a first semester that seemed to fly by with little complications or you had a rough time navigating the obstacles that come with college life, break is done and it’s time to start...
Tom Brands yelling was the start of the semester that changed my life.
In my second year as a sports reporter, I decided to suck it up and cover wrestling. I hated the sport in high school and chose to...
A few days ago, on the ninth dead week of my ninth and final semester at the University of Iowa, a student a few years younger than me asked if we could meet for coffee to talk about The Daily Iowan. She...
I love Hallmark movies. Or at least I thought I did. But after hours and days of my life dedicated to these films, I’m beginning to understand the logic behind all of the snarky comments that I once...
Let’s say you don’t own a car and need to go on a grocery run. In downtown Iowa City, that’s very doable. There’s Bread Garden Market and New Pioneer Co-Op, all of these within a few blocks of...
As an ancient relic of the Senate, born three months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ironically falls under the category of the “Silent” Generation, which demonstrates...
After being in the news a lot last year, the debate over plastic straws has yet to be settled.
While reducing plastic waste helps the environment — which is important to help protect the planet —...
