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Allen Kurzweil's new book Whipping Boy starts out as the story of his obsessive 40-year search for the boy who bullied him at boarding school — but it becomes something much deeper and stranger.

On the morning of Wednesday, November 3, it was still unclear whether Democrat Pat Quinn had held on to the governor’s office in the previous day’s…

Democratic lawmakers from Wisconsin and Indiana who saw Illinois as a safe haven in their battles to protect public employee rights might be surprised to…

Some shocking numbers associated with the state’s finances came out recently. They didn’t represent the deficit, the unfunded pension liability — which…

Hoping to capitalize on negative reaction to the substantial income tax increase Gov. Pat Quinn signed in January, opportunistic politicians in other…

For women of the Greatest Generation — newsman Tom Brokaw’s term for those who served in World War II — the war brought empowerment. When the Japanese…

Liturgy's MIDI-driven track is anything but black metal, which just might be the point.

It’s as certain as the sunrise that every 10 years, both parties in the Illinois General Assembly will use every tool at their disposal to try to gain any…

A new look at statistics shows racial disparities occur in almost every step as defendants facing drug charges make their way through Illinois’ criminal…

Mention hot-button issues in Illinois politics, and what comes to mind? Abortion? Gun control? Tax hikes? All contentious issues, to be sure, but the most…