John McCarron

Welcome to Chicago, Mayor William H. Hudnut III. We're honored that you have decided to cap your brilliant career-as father of the Indianapolis miracle and longtime dean of America's Republican...

WARNING: Attempts to read this column under insufficient light levels could result in moderate eyestrain. There. That should cover me. Like a lot of folks, I'm trying to reduce my...

`Get a job!" A generation ago it was the challenge shouted by hard-hats at anti-war protesters. Now it's the order that welfare reformers want to give the 5 million American...

Which of the following requests for employment would you, as a company owner, respond to more favorably? "Give me a job or I'll shut you down." Or, "Give me a...

Some friends in the newspaper business make a habit of filing one story every year based on their vacation travels. Then they deduct their air fare or part of their...

Folks in charge of Gov. Jim Edgar's re-election campaign ought to order a copy of something called "The 1994 Development Report Card For The States." Better yet, they'd better order...

Is Chicago in need of an image makeover? Or should we, like Roseanne Arnold, tell the rest of the world to like us as we are or go scratch? Such...

Get ready for the health-care version of Mr. Potato Head. You know, that lovable game in which kids build a funny face on a spud by pushing together a disparate...

Months of Clinton-bashing by the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Sen. Bob Dole and Editor Robert Bartley of The Wall Street Journal may be paying off at last. Congratulations, fellas. We...

Get rid of Illinois' corporate income tax. It doesn't generate that much revenue. Seventy percent of the state's corporations don't pay it. And those that do just pass on the...