Congress should be pointing finger at itself
— June 1, 2016Let me ask you: In your line of work, would you rather be in charge of five people or 500 people? Of course, you would choose to be in charge of a staff of 500. The larger the staff,…
Let me ask you: In your line of work, would you rather be in charge of five people or 500 people? Of course, you would choose to be in charge of a staff of 500. The larger the staff,…
The authors of The Federalist Papers neglected to explain the fearsome powers that inhere in the “Dear Colleague” letter under our system of government. It is the instrument by…
It’s not true that Illinois’ General Assembly can’t get anything done. Just last week the House and the Senate overwhelmingly approved a stopgap funding bill of $700 million…
No one has the answer on funding Illinois schools — at least not an answer that is acceptable to Republicans and Democrats. There does seem to be some common agreement on who is the…
When conjuring up an image of a healthy ecosystem, few of us would think of a modern city. But scientists are increasingly recognizing that humans now influence the majority of ecosystems,…
I’m certain I’m not the first to raise this question about the North Carolina anti-transgender law. We’ve all heard that the state now requires those who use public toilets, locker…
You gotta hand it to House Speaker Paul Ryan. He has successfully staked his claim to the moral high ground — at least when it comes to his image crafting. So it shouldn’t…
Down through all the millennia that mankind has smoked tobacco, no one would have believed (or even imagined) that a battery-powered contraption with no tobacco would one day be considered…