After a pre-determined date, Kennedy was prepared to totally destroy the missiles pointed at the continental U.S. as they ...

Good morning, Chicago. Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker this week set out to make history, launching his bid to become the first Illinois governor since the 1980s to be elected to more than two terms in ...

The Black Book: Lessons from American History – Abraham Lincoln to Modern China, by Senator Adlai E. Stevenson, III (The Stevenson Family, 2009, 299 pages). Book Review by Dennis Moore “Once a ...

According to bios of him online, Axelrod launched a political strategy firm and worked for gubernatorial candidates Neil Hartigan and Adlai Stevenson III, mayoral candidate Harold Washington, and ...

Ten months ago, Adlai Stevenson was not even a name in the national consciousness; his rise has been unmatched in U.S. politics since Wendell Willkie’s star raced across the sky in 1940.

One day last week, Adlai Stevenson left Springfield by plane for a swing through the Midwest and South. Five days, 4,400 miles and 25 speeches later, he was back in Springfield. He had had a good ...

Adlai Stevenson II accepts the praise of an audience with his running mate, Estes Kefauver, right, during his 1956 presidential campaign. Stevenson, of Bloomington, died 50 years ago this month.

Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S.Tapes Interview Only half an hour before he fell to the sidewalk at 5:10 p.m. as he strolled past the International Sportsmen’s Club on Upper Grosvenor St., he had taped ...

Adlai E. Stevenson II’s 112th Birthday By The Adlai Stevenson Center On Democracy Feb 5, 2012, 7:57pm PST Listen ...

When we think of Milton Friedman and Murray Rothbard, what come to mind first are their contrary views on economics, but I’d like to discuss a different subject that might surprise some of my readers ...

Known as "the man from Libertyville," Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-65) was an influential political figure in the United States and abroad. He served as governor of Illinois (1949-53), ran twice ...