I’m a man. I don’t fix things. I pay people to fix things, is what I do.

What the president should be doing is featuring people who have benefited from his policies and others who did not benefit from policies when Democrats ran the government.

It is one thing to name airports, bridges and other public works after the handful of great presidents who saved the country. It’s another to similarly memorialize ordinary politicians for posterity, even those who did a mostly good job.

The future isn’t there to hammer you. It’s a rolled-up carpet that unfolds an inch at a time. Don’t punish yourself for not having the entire floor already covered. The joy is in the reveal.

Sunday marked the 249th anniversary of the establishment of the official American flag, which was created by an act of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.

Maine Democrats have just chosen Platner to challenge five-term Republican Susan Collins in November.

Management canned Scott Pelley for doing the hard thing, which was the right thing, as it almost always is.

In early June, French economist Thomas Piketty and his team unveiled a comprehensive program for global managed decline dressed up in the language of climate justice and equality.

Lawmakers should not overlook a proven tool that has quietly delivered results for more than two decades: the Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit.

Where is the soaring rhetoric of the past, even the recent past, that sought to proclaim a unity of purpose?

This week marks the 60th anniversary of Miranda vs. Arizona, a landmark Supreme Court case that established the famous words that must be read before criminal interrogations.

From our editorial board: The Bears have now advanced a “site TBD” in Hammond, Indiana. The phrasing matters. It is not a plan. It is not a commitment. It is not even a fully described proposal. It is a directional signal carefully calibrated to do two things at once

Billions meant for real needs flowed to scammers

The Democrats’ apparent choice to replace Maine Republican Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate has built a rap sheet of dazzling disqualifiers.

William Stephen Hamilton was an early Illinois legislator who platted the city of Peoria. The sixth child and fifth son, William, was nearly 7 when his father was killed in a duel.

Column: On May 13, four members of our local League made the drive to Springfield and participated in the League of Women Voters of Illinois’ Lobby Day. We focused on three bills, writes DeKalb County league chapter president Christi Slavenas.

While political divisions existed during World War II, the slogan “We’re all in this together” forged a unity that is nearly unheard of today, unless we are attacked as on 9/11.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson isn’t nearly as polished a social media performer as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is, but they share an equally deep well of ignorance over how a big city funds itself.