Jerry Davich

Patricia Binkley reacted like a mischievous schoolgirl when she was told she could sneak up to the second floor of Andrean High School. “Oh, really?” she asked, looking up from...

Today’s column was supposed to be about the wide-eyed innocence of young NFL fans, to coincide with the Chicago Bears’ first game of the season against the Packers on Sunday...

Doug Sheehy didn’t ask to be mentioned in this column space, unlike the two dozen or so requests I receive each week from other people for all kinds of reasons....

Greg Bueltmann’s natural musical talents and learned computer skills have been merging at the juncture of sound and science for much of his life. The 57-year-old Renaissance man from the...

The pay phone treated me like a slot machine. I plopped in quarter after quarter, yet the jackpot of a dial tone never appeared. At first I got mad. Then,...

Over the past few days, I’ve watched dozens of video clips of the late Sen. John McCain, but only one of them compels me to stop and view it again...

At the speed I was driving Saturday on the Indiana Toll Road, all I could see was a woman walking on the shoulder carrying a red gas can. A minute...

Pete Blanco’s entire body is covered with tattoos. On his face, his hands, his arms, more than 100, many of them blending together. Without his uniform or his badge, you’d...

When my son was a young boy, I allowed him to walk a few steps ahead of me and my friend while strolling through downtown Chicago. Josh, who’s now 34,...