I don’t disparage lively two-party competition, but that’s different from a permanent state of partisan war in which compromise is no longer possible. 5. Today’s virulent anti-immigrant hostility ...

Presidents Lincoln (1865), Garfield (1881), McKinley (1901) and Kennedy (1963) all died by an assassin’s bullet. Gerald Ford ...

American leaders should honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Wednesday, by calling for peace and calming the nation rather than publicly vowing vengeance. Kirk was the embodiment of ...

The tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, left a sense of united grief among many Americans. Can we feel that way again after the shooting death of Charlie Kirk?

Amid a spike of political violence, leaders of civility initiatives have a message for Americans: Do not despair. It’s time to get to work. The nation is still feeling the after ...

Donald Trump immediately blamed "radical left" and rank-and-file Democrats went online to mock Kirk's death. Something has to ...

As Illinois mourns the weekend passing of the rarest of politicians — bipartisan former Gov. Jim Edgar — Editor Jeff D'Alessio asked a panel of historians, political scientists and others ...

Charlie Kirk built his career exercising free speech, an act protected by the Constitution. His death is a sign of America's ...

Moments of tension and tragedy are when presidents usually try hardest to speak to, and for, the entire nation. But after the ...

Trump is more than a witness to the sharp rise of primitive violence in 21st-century American politics. He fueled the polarization and anger.

American politics has sides. There is no use pretending it doesn’t. But both sides are meant to be on the same side of a ...

I try to stay away from national issues in this column because, after all, this is a “local” column but sometimes I have to step out of my wheelhouse and speak — not as an expert but as a ...