Are fewer people being killed in America because there’s less violence, or because we’re better at saving the wounded? It’s really, really hard to say, because we’re much better at measuring death than life.
In the wake of unimaginable tragedy, we often think that it’s beyond explanation. But what if we could use reason not just to explain it, but to attack its underlying causes? Research into psychopathy at the University of Wisconsin—the result of unprecedented access to the state’s incarcerated population—is giving us insight into the psychopathic mind, and early but promising strategies to deal with it, and perhaps heal it.
The state has long had trouble deciding to pay its share of employee pension costs. In the 1990s, representatives of the pension system filed a complaint about it, and were told: the constitution guarantees that the state has to pay the pensions. It doesn’t guarantee that it has to fund them.
In the wake of the Winnetka school shootings, people from all over pushed legendary columnist Mike Royko to continue his decades-long crusade for gun control, but at that point even the tough writer was worn out by the NRA.
Glen Thrush and Jonathan Martin’s latest book is full of insider intelligence, including Jarrett’s second-guessing of the staff, Axelrod’s lucky tie, and Michelle Obama’s reaction to the first presidential debate…
Since 2000, the Democratic Party has essentially dropped gun control as an issue, at least on the national level, in fear of the NRA. But are they actually afraid of the NRA, or just their own misinterpretation of the data and the politics?
On a day when no one knows what to say, starting with what we don’t know about guns, rights, and violence.
Four-star dining! Luxury cars! European getaways! An exclusive investigation reveals how Illinois politicians are living large on their campaigns’ dime.
The First Lady’s friend—and top aide to Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown—reportedly failed her six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary in her bankruptcy case. A look at Davila and her friendship with Michelle Obama…
Jeff Ruby reflects on the Newtown shooting and asks how we can make it
stop, without repeating the same painful, angry things that haven’t yet made it stop.
