Mike Royko

`It just snaps together?" I asked the salesman, pointing at the floor model of a simple plastic desk, just big enough to hold a computer and keyboard, a cup of...

If we can believe the political commercials on TV, there will not be a criminal left alive or on the streets after this election. The ferocity of the pledges to...

A female co-worker sat down in my office, a look of distaste on her face, and said: `Toenails? How disgusting. Couldn't you find something less offensive and more relevant to...

The way folklore has it, a little Polish grocery lady was responsible for John D'Arco's rise to the position of top political fixer for the Chicago crime syndicate. Historians from...

Various polls show that the overwhelming majority of Americans are glum. They dislike the national decline in everybody else's morality, meddling government, doublespeak politicians, arrogant media, highly paid athletes, sports...

A nasty debate has erupted over how American history should be taught. A committee of educators has developed new guidelines that would focus more on the lives of ordinary people...

The home computer industry is booming. And a female friend who has spent time on the information superhighway believes she has discovered a reason for its sudden popularity. "Based on...

Here are the facts of a simple case to test how well you understand our justice system. You be the judge and jury. It is well after midnight, and two...

President Clinton has revealed why he could be so surprisingly tough in the way he confronted Saddam of Iraq and disposed of the military thugs of Haiti. It all goes...

Once again the Cubs are hiring a new manager. And once again it looks like they will make a mistake. Not that there is anything wrong with the two men...