Mike Royko

It was kind of fun watching the White House groping to explain why three aides used a presidential helicopter to fly to a country club to play a round of...

When I was an avid fisherman, I seldom kept fish. Instead, I carefully removed the hook and returned them to the water. That way, I might catch them or their...

Although I'm an avid fan of the Bulls, I felt more relief than sadness when our graceful and delicate lads finally lost that seventh game to the rude oafs of...

"I gotta send a fast letter to the president," Slats Grobnik said, "and give him the phone number of my wife's nephew, Stanley the lawyer." Why would you do that?...

Listening to congressmen argue the ban on 19 types of so-called assault weapons, I had trouble making up my mind. Both sides of the debate sounded absolutely right. On the...

Now that the Cubs have won a home game, we can hope that the hysteria has ended, and there will be no more strange calls, such as the one from...

As an authority on etiquette and civilized behavior, I'm frequently asked for advice on how to handle difficult social situations. Today's question came from a woman who asked that she...

The Postal Service has found a solution to the embarrassing problem created by Celestine Green, the lady with a bold flair for interior design. Ms. Green is the postal executive...

The Chicago area is one of the nation's more expensive housing markets, but if you have $200,000 you can still buy a lot of living space. A glance through the...

Congress is going to fling $20 billion or more at crime. They are still mulling over how it will be spent, but we are promised more prisons, cops on the...