Dennis Byrne

When James Madison, the "father of the Constitution" originally proposed that the Bill of Rights contain a clause to protect religious freedom, he saw it as more than simply a...

It's bad enough when politicians and true believers distort scientific findings for their own purposes. But when scientists do it, we've reached a dangerous point in intellectual discourse. Such is...

It's bad enough when politicians and true believers distort scientific findings for their own purposes. But when scientists do it, we've reached a dangerous point in intellectual discourse. Such is...

The media weren't on the Republican primary ballot Saturday, but South Carolina voters gave them a good whupping anyway. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was about to lose the primary,...

The one man who should stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination is the one who just left it — Jon Huntsman. Ironically, the reason he's leaving —...

There's a genre of fiction called alternative or "what if" history. As in, what if Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee defeated the Union at the Battle of Gettysburg? Or, what...

If you're wondering why political reform is so enfeebled in Illinois, consider a federal appeals court decision last week that zapped a Republican effort to make the state's congressional redistricting...

For uncounted thousands of Chicago-area men, last week's announcement that Sara Lee Corp. was moving from Downers Grove to a West Loop office building meant something other than a story...