Mike Royko

When we hear about hate crimes, they usually involve attacks on places of worship, burning crosses on lawns, threats painted on minority-owned homes or garages, and that sort of thing....

Anyone who works on a newspaper and takes calls and complaints from readers will tell you that in a dispute between a restaurant and customer, the restaurant is always wrong...

There are so many fine games that mature males can play. Games that satisfy the macho competitive instinct, keep the legs in shape, and give the ticker and lungs a...

`Do I look like some kind of boob?" Slats Grobnik asked. "Look at me. Do my eyes touch at my nose? Am I drooling? You ever see me move my...

If you've wearied of O.J. but still have a craving for justice, let us return to the case of David Schlessinger, fussy eater and overgrown brat. As some may recall,...

`I don't see that O.J. got a bad deal," said Slats Grobnik. "Looks like he came out of this whole deal in OK shape." How can you say that? He's...

When Chicago experienced something called the Summerdale police scandal--cops moonlighting as burglars--it was considered a civic outrage and was the talk of the city. For weeks, the story dominated the...

I have to express my gratitude to the National Organization for Women and the American Civil Liberties Union. They are having a silly but very serious spat over the merits...

So much happens in the world each day that many fascinating stories never make it into the mainstream newspapers or on the network news shows. There are several reasons for...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: James L. Sandrik, Park Ridge: I was born and raised in Chicago, dough yud hardly know it now after all dem years...