The president doesn't want coronavirus relief going to "poorly run" states like Illinois. In fact, we pay the federal government far more than we receive. Read more
Pritzker has used COVID-19 to push the Fair Tax, and Lightfoot to loosen the municipal purse strings. That could cost them the moral high ground needed to govern in a crisis. Read more
Keeping Chicagoans indoors is the most important civic project of Lightfoot's mayoralty. That she's leaning on humor to do it doesn't make her a cartoon character, but a sharp leader. Read more
According to the government's own numbers, Iran is one of the hardest-hit countries in the world. But Ahmad Obali thinks the truth is much worse. Read more
Nobody expected the billionaire hotel heir to be a strong governor. But during the COVID-19 crisis, he's made decisions shirked by leaders both below and above him. Read more
