Mike Royko
Mike Royko
Michael "Mike" Roykowas a Chicago newspaper columnist, winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Over his 30-year career, he wrote over 7,500 daily columns for three newspapers, the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 September 1932
CountryUnited States of America
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So if you visit Chicago, enjoy the many great courses, the Midwestern friendliness, and the cities other amenities. But if a stranger with a goofy swing wants to play for more than loose change, take a pass. It's a long walk back to your hotel in bare feet.
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Hating the (New York) Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax
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New York didn't need that 1969 pennant...all Cub fans wanted was that one measly pennant. It would have kept us happy until the twenty-first century. But New York took that from us and I can never forgive that.
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Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.
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The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons.
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A Pessimist sees the glass as half empty; A Cub Fan wonders when it's gonna spill.
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Hollywood has always been political. They consider it their right and duty to tell us what is politically good and right.
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There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.