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“As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working …

The next stop for the retirement-trimming budget will be the floor of the Senate floor, as the upper house  on Tuesday agreed to vote on the budget deal that includes …

In our celebrity-oriented culture, we’ve become accustomed to hearing from famous people who take a stand on the issues.  We quickly learn to associate a particular writer, media personality, or …

Illinois has the worst-in-the-nation unfunded public pension liability. That may not be the case for much longer, as top Illinois legislators said today they’ve reached agreement on a plan to …

Here in the United States, politicians routinely play the blame game over what seem like small changes in the unemployment rate. If the official rate slips, say, from 7.5% to …