EVEN MICHAEL CAN’T BRING THE STARS OUT
`Whenever I watch a Bulls game on the TV," Slats Grobnik said, "I'm embarrassed at being from Chicago." Embarrassed? Are you crazy? We again have the amazing Michael, leaping over...
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OPPORTUNISTS KNOCK AT THE SIMPSON TRIAL
The studio audience appeared to agree with the idea tossed out by the show's chirpy hostess. Yes, they the audience found Kato the house guest guilty of being an opportunist....
NEED A COMPUTER? TAKE IT TO THE MACS
Most of the people who write about computers for newspapers and magazines are very knowledgeable about all the blips and beeps and other techie stuff. On the other hand, I'm...
RITE OF SPRING NOW ANOTHER A FISH STORY
This is the true story of how I almost became part-owner of the Chicago Cubs and why I am so happy I didn't. It was 14 years ago and I...
GO ON, EAT TO YOUR HEART’S DISCONTENT
Michael Jacobson sounded genuinely puzzled and a little hurt. "It surprises me how the media attacks us for our work," he said this week. "All we do is provide information...
KATO’S OVERALL LOOK DISORDER IN THE COURT
A ripple of excitement swept through the nation's hairstyling salons Tuesday. Kato was on the witness stand. As I've mentioned in the past, the O.J. Simpson trial will be remembered...
ON WORK, NEWT ISN’T GOING BY THE BOOK
On my office wall, there hangs one lone slogan. It comes from Samuel Johnson and it says: "No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." I don't know...
USE OF THE LANGUAGE HAS GONE TO H-WORD
Pointing at the TV set, Slats Grobnik said: "Hey, how come those a-words who keep talking about the n-word don't use plain English. What the h-word is going on?" Excuse...
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS, AND NO ONE’S HOME
I'm slapping my forehead with the palm of my hand. And over and over, I'm muttering to myself: "How could you have been so stupid." In other words, I'm suffering...
CITY HAS HOPE THAT 2ND COMING IS NEAR
It's 2:30 on Thursday afternoon and the rumors are flying across a great city like flocks of crazed birds. In the Tribune newsroom, the phones are ringing with calls from...