Mike Royko

''Why are all those women so mad?'' asked Slats Grobnik, gesturing at the TV set. ''The old man stop for a few after work?'' No, it is far more serious...

It was a lovely Sunday morning at the Diversey golf range in Lincoln Park. A brilliant sun, a light breeze off the lake. Every mat was in use, except for...

Pounding the bar, Slats Grobnik shouted: ''Turn that thing off, I can`t stand it no more.'' It`s just the evening news. ''I know. And I don`t want no news.'' But...

So now the biggest political issue is not the wheezing economy, danger in our streets, taxes, or even J. Danforth Quayle`s favorite: why unwed young ladies don`t keep their legs...

President Bush, a sensitive guy, is angered that Ross Perot once had a private eye snoop into his business practices and those of his family. That was back when Bush...

A Chicago cop showed me the protest letter he was sending to some big executive at Warner Bros. Records, which is part of the huge Time Warner company. It`s the...

There`s a TV commercial in which young people say they want to ''be like Mike.'' They are referring to Michael Jordan. The commercial has inspired some fans to draw signs...

Sometimes the job can be fun. Such as now, when I have a list of names of suburban men and women who were arrested in Chicago during the street madness...

It was closing time in my flower shop, and I had just locked the door and turned out the lights. At least that`s the way it happened in this strange...

The early rioting reports were encouraging. Maybe even a cause for civic pride. Yes, the barbarians were at it again, smashing, looting, burning. But it appeared that Chicago had a...