We asked what people thought of the controversial piece. At a University of Iowa event last year, a panel of political cartoonists and editors decided that the art of political cartooning is dead. We asked our readers whether they agreed that such cartoons have lost their punch. Not according to a UI professor teaching an unusual creativity workshop. Vital to human survival.
Creativity is overrated.
We asked if these sorts of compulsive disorders are rooted in biology, or whether they are the result of a character flaw. Some wondered if the ad was a joke, while others deemed it to be in bad taste. For several decades, presidential candidates have considered Iowa their first significant stop on the campaign trail. Our February cover story explored the debate over the Iowa caucus system. One oft-heard complaint is that too much attention is paid to the views of people in a small, rural state.