Mike Royko

Am I soft on crime? Quite a few readers have been on the phone saying so. They're upset because I oppose the vicious lashing of the young American in Singapore...

About three weeks ago, I made a prediction. That's when I wrote: "Michael Fay. At the moment his name might be unfamiliar, but I doubt if anyone has a greater...

The truth is, all columnists appreciate suggestions on subjects we might write about. Some ideas are predictable: "My electric bill is too high-why don't you blast the greedy utilities." Others...

Before the first Cubs pitch was thrown, several of us got together to take care of serious business: The setting of odds and the making of bets for the new...

There has to be a reasonable middle ground in the endless legal battle between those who want tougher police action at the Robert Taylor Homes and the ACLU and a...

There seems to be no limit to the abuse being heaped on those 40 million Americans who still smoke. They have been banned from public buildings, many workplaces, restaurants, sports...

As the president has often said, he was a lowly-paid governor during the evil Decade of Greed that he detests so much. And his lawyer wife was so busy helping...

On my desk is a stack of letters several inches high. They are from readers responding to a column I wrote about Michael Fay, who is to be flogged in...

With the income-tax deadline only a few weeks off, it's time for you to start thinking about ways to itemize deductions and save a few dollars. And I might be...

The Academy Awards are over, and once again, I am left out of most movie conversations because I haven't seen any of the movies that won. Nor do I intend...