Mike Royko

As any sensitive person knows, especially those of the modern liberal persuasion, ethnic jokes are considered socially offensive. So I was appalled by an e-mail letter from a man who...

Even for Slats Grobnik, it was a strange question. "Hey, you ever use an outhouse?" You mean an outdoor toilet? "Yeah, like they used to have on farms in the...

In the days of the Vietnam War, we believed in something called "the domino theory." It held that if Vietnam fell to communism, so would the rest of that part...

We return today to the burning question of the proper way to use a knife and a fork. As I admitted yesterday, I am part of the American minority that...

Professor John E.L. Robertson has raised an intriguing question about the correct way to use a knife and fork. He asks: "Are you offended when Hollywood insists on showing people...

Dennis Rodman has given Chicago's sports commentators an opportunity to broaden their field of expertise. They are now engaging in various forms of psychoanalysis to explain Rodman's recent behavior. One...

In Texas, we were awakened by the drill sergeant bursting into the barracks, shouting an amusing obscenity about dropping something personal and grabbing our socks. Then he'd scream, "fall out...

There have been times when I've said that home computers are overrated, that most household tasks can be done as simply with a phone, pencil and paper, a pocket calculator...

A man in Canada recently made a bit of news when he took legal steps to change his family's name. His name has been Arthur Lawrence Death. He wants it...

When I happened to look out of the kitchen window, the mangy-looking mutt was in the driveway, rolling around and rubbing its ears against the pavement. The more I looked...