The U.S. government has lied to the American people in saying that the effort in Libya is purely humanitarian. In actuality, the conflict is only justified with the language of humanitarianism; underlying...

I generally don’t give out advice. I leave that practice to such experts as Michele Bachmann and Ann Landers (if they are, indeed, persons and not computer programs that William Gibson invented in an...

YES Opening East Washington Street up to two-way traffic is a no-brainer when it comes to city planning. Let’s face it: Iowa City’s downtown is not very user-friendly when it comes to navigation....

The Iowa football team picked up its second recruit in the class of 2012 on Monday. Wide receiver Cameron Wilson, from Dublin, Ohio, committed to the Hawkeyes on Monday morning, according to Hawkeyeinsider.com’s...

Kyrie Irving, Duke Rewind to four years ago, when the Chicago Bulls owned the first pick in the NBA draft, they faced a serious problem. The Bulls had to choose between Derrick Rose, an athletic point...

Andrew Francis stood near the basketball courts at the Field House, dripping with sweat. The Iowa men’s basketball assistant coach hadn’t been playing hoops and hadn’t been in a high-pressure conversation...

A West Branch man was arrested after he allegedly drove over a playhouse, injuring two young children. Timothy Patrick Cahill, 50, was charged Sunday with driving while revoked. According to an Iowa...

Iowa City police arrested a local man after he allegedly stole $34,000 from two churches. Christopher James Jones, 18, 320 E. Benton St. Apt. 3, was charged May 17 with forgery and second-degree theft. According...

An Iowa City man faces an assault charge after he allegedly threw confetti in a man’s face. Dominique Jame Conway, 24, 409 S. Dodge St. Apt. 4, was charged June 18. According to a complaint, Iowa City...

Family — everybody has one: a tightly knit, complex unit of people who love one another unconditionally. Most of the time. The Iowa Summer Rep’s theme for the season examines the absurdities and dramatics...

The members of Yo La Tengo don’t speak Spanish. Instead, guitarist Ira Kaplan said, the name was a phrase — translated as “I’ve got it” — they had heard and read used by the New York Mets. “That...

Twenty-five years ago, Tom Baker was inspired to write a book. Back then, he was a humble grad student in the University of Iowa’s history program. Today he’s the UI associate dean of students —...