Mike Royko

Poor Nellie Fox, the spunky little hero of White Sox fans. He's been gone a while, so he doesn't know about the bad thing that was just done to him....

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: LEN SWANSON, Chicago: This character Dick Morris. I don't care if he had hooker girlfriends. Let his wife worry about that. But...

Are human clones coming and, if so, is it something we should worry about? That group of academic deep thinkers known as ethicists seem to be worried. Most are against...

If O.J. Simpson is really planning to leave California and move to Florida, the question many people ask is, why? True, Florida has year-round sunshine, but so does Southern California....

Leading abortion advocates are circling their wagons, and poor Ron Fitzsimmons, once one of them, seems to have been shoved outside the tight circle. Fitzsimmons is the conscience-stricken head of...

When I started this job a few decades ago, a veteran columnist at the next desk offered advice. One rule was: "Never write about a subject when you're mad. Wait...

The doors to the crowded elevator opened, and she was there, facing those of us who were already aboard and bathing us in the glow of her smile. A striking...

While it was humiliating, painful and shocking, the experience of Richard Velazquez is a good thing. Before I get into why it was good, let's deal with his experience. On...

As a young man in the 1950s, I once took up pipe smoking. The idea was to shake the cigarette habit and appear mature. Looking mature was important to the...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: MRS. A.R., Chicago: I just read your column on the "hate crime" against the lawyer in the TV commercial, and I had...