Mike Royko

Do you have a sleep disorder? Maybe you're one of those red-eyed people who has trouble dropping off at night? Or maybe one of those who wakes up too early...

It's said that there has been an alarming rise in incidents of violence, rowdiness, drunkenness and other foul behavior on airline flights. That shouldn't be surprising. People are getting goofier...

A curious reader in Virginia sent along a news item from a local paper with this note: "Do you think this is some kind of hoax?" The news item said...

Only minutes before the Super Bowl kickoff, Slats Grobnik slapped the bar and angrily declared: "That's it, I'm leaving. If I don't have a team to cheer for, I can't...

The news business, especially the radio and TV babblers, remains obsessed with O.J. Simpson and the poor fellow's endless legal troubles. They can have Simpson. I'll take the unusual case...

Let me begin by sheepishly admitting that during my adult life, about 75 percent of my votes have been for Democrats. Ike got my vote. Last time around, so did...

I felt guilt pangs when I saw a TV news report about animal lovers who are trying to end the practice of boiling live lobsters. A woman from the People...

This will be the first in a series of occasional columns presenting my proposals for tax reform. I'm doing this because I'm not satisfied with any of the changes offered...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: Nora Blakely, Chicago: HOW DARE YOU!?! This is incredible! To open up my paper on Wednesday, Jan. 17 and get slapped with...

During a recent trip to Washington, I saw an eerily familiar figure emerge from a government building. As we passed on the sidewalk, I paused and said: "Excuse me, but...