Mike Royko

It appears that my standards for feminine beauty have declined. Or maybe it is failing eyesight. Whatever the cause, I've been told that I erred badly in describing two female...

I'll never understand the thinking-or lack of same-that goes into television news. For example, a few nights ago an anchorman-commentator at the Fox Network station in Chicago (Channel 32) expressed...

The TV talkers repeatedly tell us that the Simpson trial is teaching us that sports heroes can be real people with character flaws. Yes, that's true. But does that surprise...

I don't remember looking forward to the mail delivery as much as I have the last week. Every day promises to be as exciting as Christmas morning or an Easter...

The city of Chicago once sweated out a strike by firefighters. It was a very nervous time. Every building and every person in those buildings was at risk. But I...

After hearing the opening statements, my bets would be on O.J. Simpson walking out a free man. It isn't that the prosecution doesn't have an arsenal of persuasive evidence-trails of...

Michael and Miriam Hedges were dazed, almost in shock, when they walked into County Hospital to be with their dying son Brendan. The young musician had been shot in the...

The two young women were standing outside the courthouse entrance, pancake makeup on their pretty faces, microphones in their hands and the gleam of the huntress in their eyes. They...

It's been a few days since the last terrifying food report. I believe a study showed that eating too much turkey can cause severe sneezing attacks if you fail to...

When Steve moved to the Near North Side a few months ago, he got a new phone number. He didn't know that it would give him a fast education in...