John McCarron

Every so often something happens that raises the question asked by the old labor anthem: Which side are you on? It happened two weeks ago when the Illinois Senate rejected...

The arc of history, like that of a fly ball, returns from whence it came. Yet ours is a different place, and we a different people, than those who last...

Cook County Board President John Stroger has served honorably and well in his three terms as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. That's why Stroger should step aside...

"Evanston repeals law of unintended consequences!" Now there's a headline I'd like to see in my suburban weekly. Instead, I'm sitting here in my non-deductible office-in-the-home, contemplating a two-month municipal...

Remember? Remember the scary sword fight between Sinbad the Sailor and the skeleton man? Or Sinbad's face-off with the cyclops on the island of Colossa, where he had to go...

New Year's being the time for annual resolutions, what better exercise on July 1 than a halftime reality check? And what better subject to check, on the eve of a...

"Viewing places from above draws attention to important issues on the ground." This is good to know. Especially this week, as policy wonks claw their way out of the mosh...

Crisis, not necessity, is the mother of invention. At least that's how it works here in northeastern Illinois, where we don't fix things, no matter how screwed up, until they...

Inaugural season is here, a time for fresh starts and new beginnings. But in Washington and Springfield, it's looking like the same-old, same-old. Nobody in power wants to tackle the...