Mike Royko

Something strange is going on. I keep reading and hearing why it's foolish to consider orphanages as a haven for abused and neglected children. Most of the objections come from...

Every year at this time we hear about the many people who become depressed because of stress brought on by the psychological overload of the Christmas holidays. All sorts of...

There appear to be only two kinds of people in America: Those enlightened beings who love little children and know what is best for them, and the rest of us....

Anne Loseff was in a terrible hurry. She had to get her daughter to the tennis club, then rush to pick up her investment-banker husband for a dinner party. That's...

Rep. Newt Gingrich created quite a stir when he said that about one-fourth of the White House staff had a history of drug use before coming to Washington. He didn't...

If you ask, or even if you don't, Siggy Rosenbaum, 74, will tell you that he doesn't care much for the retirement life in Florida. "I moved down here to...

Let's all go to court with business executive Nino Noriega. Maybe you've read about Noriega and the adventure he had on Thanksgiving morning. That was when he went to his...

This might be difficult, but try to imagine someone sincerely making this weird proposal to you. "I have an idea for what we can do tonight. Let's go find a...

Orphanage. It's a word that can create a mental image of sad-eyed children in drab clothes shuffling into a gloomy dining hall to eat cold mush on tin plates. Or...

Once again it's time for the distasteful chore of mooching off readers without sounding like a weepy, hand-wringing, blubbering do-gooder. I must because all the other columnists do. If I...