Mike Royko

Peering into his beer, Slats Grobnik said: "Something I don't understand. How come that Marine general had to go on TV and say he's sorry?" Do you mean Gen. Carl...

I'm often surprised at how restrained and unemotional most judges are when sentencing some two-legged beast to prison. It's seldom that a judge blows off steam for himself and society...

This would surprise Mrs. Herman, Mrs. O'Malley and all the other grammar school teachers who winced and looked pained at the watercolor drawings I produced for our class art projects....

The Rodney King case has raised confusing questions about fairness in the justice system. Two of the cops who walloped King were sentenced to 30 months in prison. This brought...

Priority: Precedence, especially established by order of importance or urgency. - American Heritage Dictionary. As we all know, Los Angeles recently had one of the worst riots in this country's...

Boiled down to basic facts, the police report makes it sound like a routine, penny-ante crime. Not worth even a line in the news reports. A woman is shoplifting in...

Richard Wottrich, 47, an investment banker, lives in the Wicker Park neighborhood. He could afford to live somewhere quieter and upscale, but he is attracted to the vibrancy of a...

While getting dressed this morning, I pulled a pair of underwear from a drawer. I noticed that the elastic was frayed, which would cause the shorts to sag. I pointed...

Sharon Skolnick called and expressed alarm. "Your column today about the artist who was arrested for using feathers on a painting? Can the government really do that?" Mrs. Skolnick was...

Judy Enright, 54, is a professional artist, currently exhibiting at a gallery in Chicago. Usually she works in oils. But recently she tried something a little different: genuine bird feathers....