R. Bruce Dold

Some people think the press has been far too hard on poor James Heiple, the Illinois Supreme Court justice who stands accused of trying to weasel out of several speeding...

In the last three years, the community where I live has gone through a small crisis with its schools. The public schools, which my children attend, were running short of...

The call came in earlier this week. "I've got the answer for whether President Clinton should have to serve jury duty," the gentleman said. "I don't know why nobody's thought...

I went to see Mel Reynolds the other day at the scenic East Moline Correctional Center. I went because I couldn't decide whether I wanted to feel sorry for him...

Some people believe we shouldn't tell you about Brian Hill. Or, if we tell you about him, we shouldn't make such a big deal about it. Brian Hill was beaten...

When they play the Rose Bowl, you want Keith Jackson in the booth. When it's time to run the Arlington Million, you expect Phil Georgeff to make the call. And...

Gov. Jim Edgar has been quietly circulating a draft of a proposed referendum on school funding that he'd like to put to a vote next spring. This is what it...

This is a city that will always turn out in impressive numbers for a Bulls championship, a fireworks show in Grant Park, even for a green-haired cross-dressing basketball player who...

If you can block out the imposing 8-foot steel security fences, and the blue police barricades, and the various signs warning that trespassing will lead to all manner of bodily...

First, this cheery note for the Republicans: He's the most despised man in American politics, but House Speaker Newt Gingrich is also the first Republican since the 1920s to keep...