Mike Royko

In our bustling world of consumerism, people often have complaints. They phone big companies to express these gripes. Then they talk to people whose job it is to listen and...

Although I'm one of those cheerfully optimistic people who always looks at the bright side of life, I think we should ponder the possible psychological damage to this city if...

In response to my recent "Insensitivity Alert!," a reader has called my attention to the case of the man who was refused a tattoo. Accused of being insensitive is Adam...

Maria Smith has asked me to expose what she says is blatant discrimination against children by a large business. "It's Dave and Buster's," says Maria, a Wheaton parent. For those...

Most businessmen aren't fond of the federal agency known as OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It's OSHA's job to make sure that people have safe working conditions. Which...

There are many neat perks enjoyed by a federal judge. The pay is good, the hours are short, and it's a lifetime job. Unlike, say, a congressman who must run...

Her name was Mary, and she was middle-age, worked as a domestic, had little money and no medical plan, and was in need of some serious and expensive life-saving surgery....

During a recent interview, the noted actor Ben Kingsley was asked about his baldness. Like the late Yul Brynner's and the late Telly Savalas', Kingsley's scalp is totally without hair....

I'll never forget the day Mr. Johnson, the white-haired math teacher, called us up to his desk to hand out our final algebra grades. He saved me for last. And...

Mayor Daley tried to get the Democratic convention cut to three days instead of the traditional four, but the White House turned him down. The mayor will get no sympathy...