John McCarron

Millions for millionaires but not a dime for the stiffs. How's that for a new State of Illinois motto? It was inspired after watching the latest maneuvering of Judy Baar...

After watching the state troopers string the barbed wire along Cicero Avenue, my 13-year-old daughter looked away from the TV and asked: "Daddy, why do the politicians in the city...

Here he comes again, looking for public help to build a new football stadium. He has made this trip, by my count, seven times since 1983-the year he took over...

Your name is Richard Michael Daley and you have been re-elected mayor of Chicago by a margin of 142,541 votes over your closest opponent. That's the good news. The bad...

The best thing about writing for a newspaper is that somebody actually pays you to learn new things so you can explain them to others. After a while, if you...

Give him a B-minus on his first test. But don't expect Arnie Weber, the new executive director of Chicago's most prestigious civic group, to settle for less than an "A"...

Question: Why are so many white Americans callously walking away from their responsibilities toward the minority poor? Answer: Because so many of the minority poor are walking away from responsibility...

It couldn't happen here. The last time somebody tried, the would-be bamboozlers were chased out of town. So don't look for a wheeler-dealer like Nick Leeson to shoot craps on...

The topic of this Sunday's sermon shall be, ahem, morality. Or more precisely, America's growing morality gap. It's a risky subject because nobody likes to be lectured on the difference...

Congress never asked Jack Connelly how to move poor people off welfare and onto a payroll. Maybe it should. After all, it's what Connelly does for a living. Last year...