Illinois public employees likely receive a significant pay premium over similar private sector workers.

What do America’s memorials and monuments tell us about our nation and our identity as citizens? How should we memorialize past events and individuals?

"We say that a man can be known by the company he keeps. So I say that a nation, a people, can be known and be judged by its heroes, by whom it honors above all others."

Senator Blanche Lincoln's victory in the Arkansas Democratic runoff last week was a huge blow to Big Labor and removes the credibility of the unions' threat to end the careers of Democrats who don't do their bidding.

Everyone knows presidents have larger-than-life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we've never had a self-regarding narcissist quite like the oval Office's current occupant.

Our extraordinary interest in Lincoln has a lot to do with what he said and how he said it.

Who was Lincoln, why did he do what he did, and why should we remember him today?