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One old cliche resonates in the tax-happy bureaucracy of Chicago, where I live: "If they could, they'd tax the air we breathe." This past week, though, the Illinois state legislature almost joined 19 other states in one-upping that hoary aphorism: They almost instituted a tax on honesty. On...

Record Store Day is Saturday, April 17. And that means it's time to get away from your computer, put down your iPod, and experience the personal and vibrant music outside your dorm room, and in your community. For most students, it's all too easy to click a few buttons and download a song or an...