Timothy J. McNulty

Readers sent strong reactions, some not printable in a family newspaper, to some of my recent columns. Iraq led the list of issues but concerns ranged from corporate ownership of...

Has anyone else had enough of the Drew Peterson case? The story is a daily reminder of what I don't like about local television news, morning network news, true crime...

Are newspaper readers more interested in Iraq news than editors are? Last week, I mentioned that an "Iraq fatigue" may have set in among readers and editors. But a reader...

Wednesday's paper carried the news that 2007 has become the deadliest year of the war for American troops in Iraq. The Tribune made reference to it on Page 1 and...

"The news of the day as it reaches the newspaper office is an incredible medley of fact, propaganda, rumor, suspicion, clues, hopes and fears, and the task of selecting and...

The newspaper generally considers suicide "a private matter," except when editors decide it isn't. You probably have personal views on the ethical, religious and legal issues about taking one's own...

The controversy is emotional and rich: Millionaires fighting billionaires, social liberals and incendiary charges of racism, traditionalists arguing for change, politicians worrying about their privileges and some even raising the...

Several readers are asking why the Tribune "censors" some comic strips and not others. The immediate case is a "Get Fuzzy" comic that was scheduled to run Sept. 14 but...

Almost nothing in the paper makes the blood boil faster than an infuriating op-ed column. Unless you agree with it. Provoking a strong response is what makes a good op-ed...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about mangled grammar and misused words. Grammarians turned out in strength to provide their own examples of misplaced modifiers and annoying phrases and to...