Mike Royko

First it was eggs. I loved poached eggs on hash. Then it was steaks, pork shanks, pork chops, pork ribs, corned beef, Italian sausage, Polish sausage, salami, chicken livers, grilled...

This baseball season has confirmed an impression I've long had about White Sox fans. It's their nature to be gloomy. Here they are, with one of the best teams in...

The radio talk show host said he wanted to do a show about the 25th anniversary of the legendary 1968 Democratic convention. "The way I see it," he said, "we...

Once again there is talk in the sporting media about a Cubs manager losing his job when the season ends. But if it happens, it won't do the team any...

A fine flap is brewing because some of our finest professional golfers don't want to visit the White House and meet President Clinton. They are members of the Ryder Cup...

The brushback pitch is a revered baseball tradition. The White Sox once had a pitcher about whom it was proudly said that he would bean his own mother if she...

`How do you give your brain a rest?" asked Slats Grobnik. I'd say that we're doing that right now, with the help of this kindly bartender. Why do you ask?...

After the recent police sweeps of the Robert Taylor Homes, the head of a tenants council was quoted by a newspaper as saying: "Every time they come, I cry, because...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: Robert Yaseen, Chicago: Today my wife and I both read your column in which you seemed to be praising and defending Rush...

A white business owner came to his office last Monday and said to his secretary: "Thank goodness they caught those two guys." He was talking about the two young men...