John McCarron

Okay, so you won't be spending the next couple of nights swaddled in satin sheets at the presidential suite of the Drake Hotel. And no, you weren't invited to sit...

It's a free country, so R. Eugene Pincham is welcome to run as an independent candidate next fall for the office of Cook County state's attorney. But if Pincham does...

I feel your pain. You newspaper editors, especially those who work for Republican publishers, deserved better two weeks ago when Sen. Bob Dole chose your annual convention to denounce the...

Question: What's the difference in Illinois between the way Democrats and Republicans use their offices to enrich themselves or their pals? Answer: About four decimal places. And, of course, the...

`Report blames Meigs for lake pollution." The headline, from the MetroChicago section of Thursday's Tribune, was an accurate enough description of the story that appeared beneath. A coalition of environmental...

By now you've either filed your 1995 tax return or are headed for the U.S. Post Office to drop off your Form 1040. So I ask you, fellow taxpayer, what...

Today's sermon is in praise of pork. Pork is what it's called by the right-wing politicians and cynics of the political press. So I won't try to end-run anyone by...

It's not everyone's cup of tea. In fact, going to hear a genuine, old-fashioned civic speech might rank with quilting bees and church socials among things people don't do anymore....

Score one for the professional pols and the true believers. Last week's primary election proved once again that democracies are not governed by the majority, but by the committed. When...

Not since the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war has a fight among rascals filled me with such unalloyed glee. But there it was in last week's news pages: The Liggett...