You tell yourself that now is not the time to start the business, write the book, make the call, apply for the job, have the baby, buy the ticket, or take the leap. But fear is never short of arguments. It always knows how to sound wise.

Whether this version is the one that finally crosses the legislative finish line remains to be seen. If it does, one thing it won’t do is resolve a personal peeve: a lack of good information on receipts about sales taxes.

The trend in special elections across the country over the past several months has shown spiking Democratic turnout and tanking Republican turnout.

Lovina reflects on her family's move from Indiana to Michigan 22 years ago, sharing memories of early spring 2004 when they loaded hay, unloaded lumber, and nearly lost their barn to a grassfire in their first weeks as neighbors.

The resistance itself is evidence of the larger problem: a government structure and political culture in which our public institutions are rivals instead of partners

In this week's column, Dennis Marek believes the time has come to make friends around the world, rather than enemies.

The political “instant replay” has no single author or starting date, but its overuse has produced few resolutions of the major problems confronting the country.

The Bulls and Blackhawks would stay put (and so would the stadium), they’d just be in a vastly improved area instead of surrounded by literally acres of parking lots.

In this week’s “A Taylor-Made Life,” Taylor Leddin-McMaster writes about traversing puppyhood in the energetic first year of a puppy’s life.