R. Bruce Dold

Two years ago many people detested Bill Clinton and took it out on Michael Madigan, who was the Democratic speaker of the Illinois House. Maybe that's not fair, but that's...

There is only one Senate race in the country that could be called the battle of the altar boys, and it's right here. In one corner there's Dick Durbin, Catholic,...

For a couple of Irish lawyers from Riverside, Donald O'Connell and Patrick Murphy couldn't be less alike. O'Connell is the chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and one...

Last Sunday, the people who make television decided to show us how far television has evolved. They did this during the broadcast of the Emmy Awards. This was supposed to...

Now that they're done dancing the macarena and gawking at 137 Kennedys and a Costner, Democrats in these parts can deal with the hangover after the party. They had a...

The 37th president of the United States has resigned, died, been buried and can now be remembered through golf balls that bear his signature in green ink and sell for...

A few months ago I asked Jesse Jackson what he would be doing at the Democratic National Convention. "Driving the congressman," he said. "The congressman's gonna need rides." He must...

You see the road signs just south of here, where the San Diego Freeway runs along desolate stretches near Camp Pendleton. Yellow signs with the silhouettes of a man, followed...

Forget about the GPA and the IGAP and the SAT. Take a look at EdcAlt on the Nasdaq. Bad news. If you invested $10,000 in the future of American public...

The biggest problem with ending welfare as we know it is that it won't end welfare politics as we know it. In welfare politics, conservatives make welfare recipients out to...