Paper pushers could go mad trying to figure out how much of each cafeteria pizza can trace its origins to the Land of Lincoln. To be fair, Rep. Harper isn’t suggesting anyone solve such an equation.

Spring has arrived and the familiar urge to revive my garden stirs within me once more.

It’s very easy to argue that young children facing accusations that would warrant detention are far more likely to have their lives set on a new course if kept out of institutional punitive settings.

I felt a sting on my arm, looked down, and there was a little beetle, with a snide look on his face, looking back at me.

In Gideon, Justice Hugo Black described the “noble ideal (of) fair trials before impartial tribunals in which every defendant stands equal before the law.”

I hope you’re getting out and soaking in all the blessings of spring, as we are.

We don’t tell them there is an Easter bunny. They know we hide the eggs.

Voters often feel isolated from Washington, D.C., and Springfield. Math and distance make it inevitable. Being cut off from local officials is a choice, one we need not make.

Sarah knew before the rest of us. But none of us expected how fast her fight would end.