Mike Royko

Royko Is Still the Boss

Keith Koeneman | Posted 04.23.2012

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Keith Koeneman

Boss is a classic, one of the great books of American literature. If you've never read it, I recommend it to you. Chicago is a much changed city since it was written, but Rokyo's words still carry insights into our city and politics.

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Behind the Scenes at the Chicago Literary Awards

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 01.01.2012

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Elysabeth Alfano

It is wonderful to live in a city so rich of history, so rich of character, so rich of talent and art. But do we celebrate it enough?

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Mayor Daley's Last City Council Meeting

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 07.04.2011

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Chicago aldermen gave retiring Mayor Richard Daley a standing ovation at his last City Council meeting. Aldermen presented a resolution honoring ...

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Robert Royko, Mike Royko's Son, Gets 30 Months For Bungled Bank Robbery

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A son of the late Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for attempted bank robbe...

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How to Go From Jamoke to Chicagoan in Under 40 Minutes

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scott Jacobs, Bill Veeck, Easter Egg Hunt, Joe Cummings, Studs Terkel, Patterson, Nelson Algren, Media Burn Independent Video Archive, Chicago History, New Jersey, David Murray, San Francisco, Mike Royko, Tom Weinberg, Chicago Philosopher, Cabrini-Green, Wbbm, Jane Byrne, Chicago News
David Murray

I've got this intern from San Francisco working for me. How'm I ever gonna explain to this kid what makes Chicago different, different from anywhere else? I'm gonna start with these six short videos.

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The Day Michael Miner Killed Commentary

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Doyle

Miner's less than well-meaning suggestion to dispense with commentary and turn Chicago's columnists into service-oriented seat-warmers for journalists was nothing short of cowardly.

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Mayor Daley, Why? (Or Why Not?)

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Vallas, Corruption, Arne Duncan, Cynicism, Goo-Goos, Mayor Daley, Mike Royko, Ron Huberman, Chicago Politics, Corruption Fatigue, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
David Murray

It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.

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The Socially Catastrophic Demise of the Light Feature Story

David Murray | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Murray

Mike Royko used to refer dismissively to the Tribune's Features department as "Birdland." Funny once. But now, maybe it's time for a bird to stand up for his land.

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Mike Royko In Love: The Letters

Chicago Magazine | David Royko (Ed.) | Posted 05.25.2011

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Long before becoming an acclaimed newspaper columnist, Mike Royko was a young airman secretly in love with a beautiful gal from his Northwest Side nei...

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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State Has $831 Million In Capital Projects Ready

Progress Illinois | Angela Caputo | Posted 05.25.2011

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At Barack Obama's press conference last Tuesday, ABC 7's Andy Shaw told him that across the country "mayors and county board presidents and governors ...

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Race in the Race

Jim Ylisela | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Ylisela

So here we are, 25 years after Harold Washington, and the stakes couldn't be higher.

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Mike Royko Movie Shooting In Wisconsin

Posted 05.25.2011

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A movie about the life of legendary Chicago newspaperman Mike Royko is shooting scenes in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Journal reports: Over sever...

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