While we’re busy rolling our eyes at a city sticker or a 9.5% corporate income tax rate, the global economy is looking at Illinois as one of the most formidable powers on the planet.

For a long time, my instinct has been to push hope as a shield against the world. But there comes a point where the gap between a hopeful sermon and a painful reality is just too wide.

It is nonsense to claim that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery.

We had giants who fought the top 1% of the wealthiest Americans. Now look at us. Look at what we have.

In 2022 alone, undocumented immigrants paid a staggering $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes.