A son of the late Tribune columnist Mike Royko was arrested Friday after he allegedly attempted to rob a Northwest Side bank while claiming to be armed with a bomb that turned out to be phony, authorities said.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 4/10/2005
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Royko was far and away the best columnist of his time. He inspired me to become a columnist and I enjoyed five years of knocking them out. I would like to see someone publish a collection of his columns.
You're in luck. There are already several compilations out and a couple books about him available. A quick search of Amazon shows two books about Royko, "Royko, a Life in Print" by F. Richard Ciccone, and "The World of Mike Royko" by Doug Moe, John Kass.
Books by Royko are:
"One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko"
"For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko" which is apparently the latest,
"Slats Grobnik and Some Other Friends"
"Dr. Kookie, You're Right!"
"Like I Was Sayin'"
"Sez who? Sez me"
"I May Be Wrong, But I Doubt It"
and of course, his classic "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" is still in print.
I've read all of them except the Best Of's
Yeah but Hinky Dink McKenna and Bath House John were the brains behind this heist
Harris must be great. I can't even find anything of his listed on Amazon. A few of his quotes pop up on quotation lists however.
I had to look forever to find that he apparently wrote for the Sun-Times at some point.
For my money, Royko will always be da man.
now we can all celebrate that they've caught the infamous anonmyous blogger! oh wait ...
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