John McCarron

As political launching pads go, the Cook County assessor's office is no Cape Canaveral. Assessor is one of those "Oh, no" jobs. As in: "Oh no, here's my reassessment and...

There is a seamy secret behind all the commercial hype and gee-whiz journalism about the E-commerce revolution: The Internet is America's fastest-growing tax dodge. And it's a regressive tax dodge,...

These are the worst of times for sanctimonious hypocrites. Maybe if they had taken the Gospel's advice and not thrown the first stone. Maybe if they had taken the high...

Never mind what the presidential candidates are saying. And forget the media gibberish about whether Al Gore is an "Alpha-male" or George W. Bush knows who's running Pakistan. If you...

Chicago's dreaded second-city syndrome is about to strike again, this time at the north end of Grant Park, where our city's cultural leaders are about to import another large helping...

Worried about political gridlock in Washington? Anxious over the constant hissy-fight between the Clinton White House and the Republican Congress over budget appropriations? Well, don't be. It just so happens...

`Look at that!" The senator stabbed his finger out the window of his Buick LeSabre as we turned off North Avenue onto the 1500 block of North Paulina Street. Miguel...

We're all going on Medicare. Not tomorrow and probably not next year. Perhaps not even the year after. But we are all--young and old, rich and poor--on our way to...

His father kept "the projects" at arm's length. Richard J. Daley knew there was no percentage in doing otherwise. Then as now, the money for public housing comes from Washington....

Elmer W. Johnson was never the CEO of a Fortune 500 corporation or the head of a religious movement. He is not a spellbinding public speaker or someone whose face...