Mike Royko

The cry of horror came from the TV room. I rushed from the kitchen, where I had been fetching a beer, and found her wide-eyed and gape-jawed. "Look," she said,...

One thing that surprises me about vegetarians is their ferocity. I would have thought that people who nibble at buds and plants would be more doe-like. But to my chagrin,...

Gov. Jim Edgar has just made a remarkable discovery. There are defenseless children in this state who are in the clutches of homicidal, deranged, sadistic, moronic or drug-addled parents. Some...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: Mary Nowicki, Chicago: I am shocked that your editors would let you put in that story you wrote about the woman who...

As a mother, Tina is a slob and a failure. For starters, she appears to be addicted to crack cocaine. Her home resembles a pigpen. Her boyfriend, who fathered her...

We've had the year of the woman and it is still going on, with females being elected to high office, named to Cabinet posts, and the power of Hillary Rodham...

Much of the Chicago area, city and suburbs, is about to enter a difficult period. Mass tension, stress, intestinal disorder, twitching, moaning, lower lip-biting, hand-wringing, severe trauma and even mass...

It may be a politically incorrect risk to disagree with those hundreds of thousands of homosexual demonstrators who gathered in Washington, but, no, this decade definitely will not be remembered...

"Did you see that latest poll?" asked Slats Grobnik, a note of triumph in his voice. There are so many polls; on what subject? "The one on the way things...

A cheerful young lady called and said: "Hi, this is the Hard Rock Cafe. We just read your column, so we're inviting you to come over and try our veggie...