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Revision as of 14:00, 6 July 2006
Royko remembered
Another good one, Shsilver. Royko's columns were regularly ripped off by the Boston Globe's phony columnist, Mike Barnicle, who was a fair-haired boy until he got caught and fired.
I covered City Hall in Chicago while Royko was covering Cook county. It was always a pleasure when he showed up at a news conference because he never took any nonsense from anyone and always asked the best questions. He was a great reporter before he became a columnist. I introduced him to blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield, which was some of the first publicity Bloomfield ever got. Royko was Polish and "Polish jokes" enraged him, making for some of his best early columns. Can you write about Slats Grobnik? Ortolan88 09:58 Aug 12, 2002 (PDT)
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During Operation Desert Storm, Royko wrote many columns that were critical to the soldiers fighting the war. For some reason, the veteran columnist was very antagonistic towards them. He mocked the outpouring of support and patriotism when they came home and said they didn't deserve it. Many took him to task for this. Jokestress 21:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)