Even though the country is still adding people at about replacement level, population alarmists are painting falling birthrates as an economic disaster in the making.

Government historians can explain how Illinois ended up with this timetable, but those recollections often explain only why it exists – not whether it’s the best approach.

If you spend too much of your life watching the crowd, eventually you stop asking what excites you, what moves you, and what feels true. You stop creating and start performing.

Lower prices for prescription meds are positive, right? Sure, except in this instance, the purpose of the discount is so that those facilities can profit when selling the medication to patients.

Every year when the legislature arrives at mid-May, it’s always tempting to look around, see the absence of real bicameral movement on legislation and conclude that nothing’s gonna happen in time for the scheduled May 31 adjournment.

My mother often told me that it takes many prayers to raise children. I treasure those words!

Halfway through May is a fine time to revisit some of the legislation covered earlier in the session, among more than 11,800 bills and resolutions filed since the current General Assembly started in January 2025.

In this week's column, Dennis Marek writes about how a certain cliff hanger movie and its star can teach us about surviving the moment.

The government is not some company unluckily plagued by incompetent executives. It is a different institution entirely from those beholden to the market.