R. Bruce Dold

I don't know if Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun has a favorite part of the Constitution, but I would bet it is the 17th Amendment, which gives the members of the Senate...

Harold Washington has been dead for a decade, and if you happen to see one of those famous blue sunrise buttons from the 1983 campaign, it's likely to be stuck...

As far as I know, Illinois Supreme Court Justice James Heiple has been a model citizen these last couple of years. He hasn't berated any cops. He hasn't driven erratically...

If I were looking for someone to destroy the Evil Empire, Marilyn Keller Rittmeyer wouldn't be my first pick. After all, she works for the Evil Empire. She teaches 6th...

The revolutionaries in the U.S. House have voted to kill off the income tax code. The execution has been scheduled for Dec. 31, 2002. This will delight many voters, but...

The gated campus of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has all the necessities for war planning--a hair salon, a card shop, a foreign-currency exchange with better rates than anybody gets...

In the last few weeks, politicians have been giving us an advanced-level course in ethics. Don't worry about the cost. Somebody else is paying for it. It is a study...

Near as I can tell, Hou-Lin Li stretched out his arm, reared back, and struck his 8-year-old daughter flush in the face with all the cruel might he could muster....

By all rights Judy Biggert should be poring over The Washington Post's real estate ads now to price the apartment she'll take when she goes to Congress next year. She...

Let's think for a minute about Aurelia Pucinski, clerk of the Circuit Court and rookie Republican. The Republicans made her their candidate for Cook County Board president, but things could...