Actor Darrell Hammond of Saturday Night Live fame will portray Sen. Everett Dirksen in an industry workshop of a new play about the life of the Illinois senator, one of the most consequential ...

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“One man clothed in righteousness is a match for all the hosts of error,” said Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen, perched on a table, to reporters. “And ...

He’s known for his dead-on impressions of former Presidents Clinton and Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” but now Darrell Hammond is poised to play another famed political figure on stage. Hammond will ...

For the past five years, Everett Dirksen has worked with evangelical zeal to press for a second constitutional convention. He aims to reverse by amendment the 1964 Supreme Court decision that state ...

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The other day as I was bemoaning the polarization and viciousness that have come to characterize the American political scene today, I got to thinking about Everett McKinley Dirksen, an Illinois ...