Mike Royko

After listening to Barbara Bush talk about her husband, I asked the blond: ''What would you say about me?'' ''What do you mean?'' she said. ''Well, Barbara Bush just publicly...

Every day I learn something new about ''traditional family values,'' one of this year`s trendiest political issues. My latest lesson came from Charles Black, a senior adviser to the Bush...

Some columnists are deadly serious. Others like to kid around, have some fun. And that`s what I like best about Pat Buchanan, the columnist-politician. He`s a prankster at heart. If...

''I like this Republican pitch about bringing back traditional family values,'' said Slats Grobnik. ''Yeah, those were the good old days.'' What good old days are you talking about? ''When...

I just took an informal survey of some of my co-workers. I asked them if President Bush should have been asked ''The Question.'' The question, of course, was the one...

Just in the nick of time, with their convention about to begin, the Republicans have found their new Willie Horton. You can bet that all next week, the name of...

Somebody doesn`t like Sidney. Or maybe it`s his car they don`t like. Well, not the entire car. Just his tires. Whatever the case, there is a stalker in Sidney`s life....

The couple in the first-floor flat plays the radio too loud. Or maybe they don`t. But the guy in the second-floor flat thinks it`s too loud, and gets even by...

A judge has reduced the prison sentence of Michael Milken, the junk bond tycoon, from 10 years to two. The judge said it was Milken`s reward for squealing on some...

I really hate to bring it up again, since the big fuss over the cop-killer record by Ice-T seems to have died down. The artist, if we can stretch the...