Mike Royko

For weeks, I've been following what the crime experts have to say about murder in Chicago. By experts, I mean the media, aldermen, talk-show hosts and academics. Few homicide cops...

There can be moments of stress in my line of work. Over the years I've had slashed tires, bricks through my living room window and the computer has eaten some...

"Tex." Anyone who has been in the military has known someone who goes by that nickname. I met at least two dozen of them. That's one of the fringe benefits...

Getting sued for being a really nice guy must be a legal rarity. But that's what appears to have happened to Dr. William Klipfel, 36, a pediatrician. Klipfel used to...

As a regular CTA bus rider, Vera Iwanycky has seen some strange happenings. But a recent trip on a Chicago Avenue bus topped them all. "I was waiting at the...

Letters, calls, complaints and great thoughts from readers: Ray DuClos, Palos Heights: You're at it again. Is senility setting in? I wrote you about your stupid defense of Mike Ditka,...

The question came from Angelos Vlahakis of East Lansing, Mich. But in one form or another, it was being asked by countless other Americans this week. "About Zoe Baird," Mr....

Glaring at President Clinton on the TV screen, Slats Grobnik said: "He blew his big chance." How can you say that? While it wasn't a great inauguration speech, he kept...

There they sat, all those distinguished United States senators. Hour after hour, they poked and probed the mind of the person nominated to be the highest ranking law enforcement official...

It was embarrassing. Everybody in the parlor had taken a firm position on one of the great issues of the day. Then someone looked at me and said: "What do...