Mike Royko

When the stranger spoke, a silence fell over the regulars at the end of the saloon's mahogany bar. Moments earlier, we had been jawing about one of our favorite topics:...

The biggest lottery in U.S. history has been won-$110 million. If the person or persons who have the winning ticket are smart, they will immediately seek expert financial counseling. And...

A vile publication has arrived in the mail. It is so disgusting that I was about to throw it away. But I won't. I believe it is my journalistic duty...

"When did our presidents first start playing dress-up?" asked Slats Grobnik. What do you mean by "dress-up?" "Well, I saw President Clinton on TV when he went to Iowa to...

The Bulls did not win another championship during the past weekend. So we didn't have a riot. That's unfortunate because Chicago could have used one. As you might recall, three...

Out of morbid curiosity, I took in a movie matinee this week to see Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Last Action Hero." My curiosity was morbid because the new movie is said...

From time to time, I feel twinges of guilt at the possibility that I was once an unfit parent. It goes back to when my sons were children. Wanting them...

There has been a debate about role models lately. It started when Charles Barkley did a Nike commercial saying that he is not a role model, he is a basketball...

If I were asked to rate the sneers and smirks of Washington media celebrities who appear on TV, Michael Kinsley would receive top honors. That's no small achievement, considering the...

It isn't often that you hear a politician say honestly and clearly what he has in mind for the American taxpayer. That's why I was thrilled almost to tears when...