Synopses & Reviews
ContentsForeword by Roger EbertIntroduction1. BrainstormsMarch 7, 1973 How Slats Lost His CymbalsMarch 13, 1980 Vegas in Akron?September 24, 1980 Jay's Bottom LineNovember 27, 1980 Pilgrims' ProgressJune 3, 1981 Love Lost in LingoFebruary 20, 1987 A Devilish Night for Oral RobertsApril 2, 1987 A Word About Debate "Poopery"May 15, 1989 A Smile a Day . . . Can Be SickeningFebruary 16, 1990 There Go Another Wasted Three PoundsJanuary 24, 1996 Treatment of Crabs? Some of Us Don't Have Leg to Stand On2. Cub Capers . . . and Games We PlayApril 7, 1969 "Ungreatful" Cub FansMarch 23, 1976 At Long Last, the Cubs AgainApril 20, 1980 A Farewell to CubsApril 9, 1981 When Ya Gotta GoApril 8, 1986 For It's 1, 2, 3 Maalox at the . . .March 12, 1987 Read On, Gluttons for PunishmentAugust 8, 1988 Cub Fans, Let's Be Careful Out ThereAugust 25, 1989 Rose Can Count On the MemoriesOctober 5, 1993 Three Ex-Cubs Assure Spurning of AtlantaJune 8, 1995 Yes, Golf Tantrums Are for Males Only3. And Justice for AllMarch 16, 1965 The "Truth" in SelmaMarch 19, 1965 The "Truth" in ChicagoMay 28, 1968 Fascism Isn't AccidentalDecember 24, 1968 For Too Many, There's No JoyJanuary 28, 1970 One Word Tells All: OutrageousJuly 22, 1970 Bureaucracy--a NightmareFebruary 17, 1976 For Metcalfe, a 1936 ReplayNovember 18, 1979 Wrong Mom? Tough!March 11, 1981 He Deserved ItJune 11, 1982 Baseball's Black EyeOctober 21, 1983 Helms' Ranting Reminds Us How Far We've ComeSeptember 21, 1990 Where Good Sense Is in the MinorityApril 4, 1991 This Story May Not Have Happy EndingJune 23, 1994 Lincolnshire Makes Lunch a Real Hassle4. Chasing the Changing SceneFebruary 20, 1967 High-Rise Lobby: The Old People Just Don't Fit InAugust 10, 1970Skirt the Issue and Live LongerAugust 27, 1970 Lib Gawkers Tiresome TalkersMarch 31, 1976 Mary Pickford's Old "Error"May 2, 1978 It's Love at First ClickJanuary 10, 1980 Survival of the FairestMarch 20, 1989 Something's Fishy at the Old BallparkApril 11, 1991 It's Same Old Song Sung with a TwistNovember 1, 1994 Happiness Floats in a Bowl of MiserySeptember 13, 1996 Where Have All the Protesters Gone Concerning Iraq?5. Politics Ain't BeanbagNovember 8, 1968 Nixon Halfway to a MandateSeptember 17, 1971 Now, About That Book . . .February 16, 1973 What's Behind Daley's Words?October 19, 1973 A Law City Should KeepJune 10, 1974 Mr. Ambition at Your ServiceJanuary 8, 1980 Slip off the Old BlockMay 7, 1984 Land of the Free, Home of the FixMay 17, 1988 Alderman's Brain Is a Museum PieceAugust 17, 1988 Bush's Selection Really Hits HomeMarch 27, 1991 Hail a Taxidermist for This Public BodyMarch 17, 1992 Hillary Clinton Is Fair Political GameNovember 4, 1992 Bush's Wish Isn't Voters' CommandNovember 10, 1995 Democrats Just Got Boost from GOP Without Even Trying6. My Kind of TownMay 16, 1968 Slats Grobnik, Sidewalk ManSeptember 9, 1968 The True Story of TwinkiesJune 16, 1969 Change Bugs an Old SquareJuly 10, 1970 So, It's Over and Out, Roger!April 12, 1973 A Requiem for a TavernJanuary 21, 1976 Ladies Miss Goat's FlavorAugust 28, 1990 If Only the Acorn Could Play It AgainNovember 21, 1995 Even a U.S. Senator Can Botch a Recipe for Success7. Raging Against the NightDecember 19, 1966 Lakefront Isn't a Wasteland Yet--But It Will BeApril 8, 1968 Trace of Hope Was LackingJune 7, 1968 Laugh It Up, It's ViolenceApril 14, 1971 Fred Hampton at the Ballot BoxJanuary 24, 1973 Hollow Ring of PeaceSeptember 16,1975 Nero Would Love ChicagoMarch 4, 1976 Busing a Whip to Flog LiberalsFebruary 5, 1981 Talk Won't Save LifeApril 8, 1981 Feel Guilty? Me?March 26, 1991 After All, This Is What We Fought ForSeptember 25, 1992 War's Toll Doesn't End with Last Bom 8. The Trouble with Everywhere ElseJune 3, 1982 Hicks Get Their LicksJune 27, 1982 Iowa's the Real PitsApril 9, 1984 Just Take Your Oranges and . . .August 20, 1984 Regional Tastes Hard to SwallowOctober 5, 1990 Thank You, Cubs: The Pressure's OffJanuary 20, 1994 Take Off Your Mittens, Count Your Blessings9. Now, Wait a MinuteJuly 20, 1966 Ringing Dissent to Criticism of Justice DouglasFebruary 21, 1968 Bonnie 'n' Clyde--the Sad SideJanuary 27, 1978 Short-Legged Dog Has Snow-Fooling ProblemNovember 20, 1979 Fun with KhomeiniMay 16, 1990 Fulfilling Advice for Wellesley GradsSeptember 28, 1990 So Much to Hate, and So Little TimeMay 6, 1992 Bush Needs Liberal Doses of HistorySeptember 1, 1993 '68 Convention-al Wisdom All WrongFebruary 9, 1994 Time to Be Color-Blind to All Words of HateMarch 25, 1994 Using Short Form? Try Briefs Deduction10. Media MusingsDecember 20, 1973 An Exclusive--in Club NewsApril 26, 1981 Come Clean, PostJanuary 29, 1992 Star Gives Public Just What It WantsApril 7, 1993 Rodney King and a Double StandardJune 8, 1994 Second Thought on That Invite: Oh, Forget ItMay 21, 1996 Will "Gotcha" Crowd Go After Questions in Admiral's Death?November 7, 1996 If Media Say It's Over, Why Should Voters Play Around?11. Here's Looking at Me, KidOctober 4, 1967 Riverview Park: A Coward's TaleMarch 21, 1969 How to Beat an Aching BackJune 2, 1969 Who Actually Creates Gaps?February 8, 1972 Acute Crisis in IdentityDecember 20, 1976 That Old, GrayAreaOctober 24, 1978 He's Loser by a NoseOctober 26, 1978 Lookin' Fine? He Nose ItJanuary 11, 1980 Farewell to FitnessJune 24, 1982 Why Rude Is ShrewdOctober 9, 1985 Condo Man Back Down to EarthAugust 21, 1987 Windshield Wiper Lets in Some LightJune 13, 1995 Oh, the Humiliation a Dad Must Endure
Review
"[A] substantial second collection by the quintessential urban columnist as he witnessed the 1960s through the 1990s, preserving with a keen eye his obsessions, rages and lonely ethical crusades....While Royko's subjects range widely, his moral stance and his well-honed rhetorical feints are rock-solid....Fans will treasure this collection." Publishers Weekly
Review
"Royko was one of the most respected and admired people in the business, by readers and colleagues alike....Savor [his work] while you can." Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World
Review
"You'll laugh. You'll cry. Royko's genius is pure Chicago." Ann Landers
Review
"Reading a collection of Royko's columns is even more of a pleasure than encountering them one by one, and that is a large remark for he rarely wrote a piece that failed to wake you up with his hard-earned moral wit. Three cheers for Royko!" Norman Mailer
Synopsis
In 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of Mike Royko's columns, entitled
One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko. The response was immediate and overwhelming readers almost instantly began asking when the second volume of Royko columns would appear. With more than a hundred vintage Royko columns and a foreword by Roger Ebert,
For the Love of Mike was the answer.
Royko, a nationally syndicated Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote for three major Chicago newspapers in the course of his 34 years as a daily columnist. Chosen from more than 7,000 columns, For the Love of Mike brings back more than a hundred vintage Royko pieces, most of which have not appeared since their initial publication, for readers across the country to enjoy. This second collection includes Royko's riffs on the consequences of accepting a White House dinner invitation (not surprisingly, he turned it down); his explanation of the notorious Ex-Cub Factor in World Series play; and his befuddlement at a private screening of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, to which he was invited by his pal Ebert, the screenplay's author. The new collection also illuminates Royko's favorite themes, topics he returned to again and again: his skewering of cultural trends, his love of Chicago, and his rage against injustice. By turns acerbic, hilarious, and deeply moving, Royko remains a writer of wit and passion who represents the best of urban journalism.
Synopsis
"You'll laugh. You'll cry. Royko's genius is pure Chicago."-Ann Landers
In 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of Mike Royko's columns entitled One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko. The response was immediate and overwhelming-readers almost instantly began asking when a second volume of Royko's columns would appear. With more than a hundred vintage Royko columns and a foreword by Roger Ebert, this book is the answer.
Synopsis
"You'll laugh. You'll cry. Royko's genius is pure Chicago."-Ann LandersIn 1999, the University of Chicago Press published a collection of Mike Royko's columns entitled One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko. The response was immediate and overwhelming-readers almost instantly began asking when a second volume of Royko's columns would appear. With more than a hundred vintage Royko columns and a foreword by Roger Ebert, this book is the answer.
About the Author
Mike Royko (1932-1997) worked as a daily columnist for the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the Chicago Tribune. His Pulitzer Prize-winning columns were syndicated in more than 600 newspapers across the country.
Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Roger Ebert
Introduction
1. Brainstorms
March 7, 1973 How Slats Lost His Cymbals
March 13, 1980 Vegas in Akron?
September 24, 1980 Jay's Bottom Line
November 27, 1980 Pilgrims' Progress
June 3, 1981 Love Lost in Lingo
February 20, 1987 A Devilish Night for Oral Roberts
April 2, 1987 A Word About Debate "Poopery"
May 15, 1989 A Smile a Day...Can Be Sickening
February 16, 1990 There Go Another Wasted Three Pounds
January 24, 1996 Treatment of Crabs? Some of Us Don't Have Leg to Stand On
2. Cub Capers...and Games We Play
April 7, 1969 "Ungreatful" Cub Fans
March 23, 1976 At Long Last, the Cubs Again
April 20, 1980 A Farewell to Cubs
April 9, 1981 When Ya Gotta Go
April 8, 1986 For It's 1, 2, 3 Maalox at the...
March 12, 1987 Read On, Gluttons for Punishment
August 8, 1988 Cub Fans, Let's Be Careful Out There
August 25, 1989 Rose Can Count On the Memories
October 5, 1993 Three Ex-Cubs Assure Spurning of Atlanta
June 8, 1995 Yes, Golf Tantrums Are for Males Only
3. And Justice for All
March 16, 1965 The "Truth" in Selma
March 19, 1965 The "Truth" in Chicago
May 28, 1968 Fascism Isn't Accidental
December 24, 1968 For Too Many, There's No Joy
January 28, 1970 One Word Tells All: Outrageous
July 22, 1970 Bureaucracy a Nightmare
February 17, 1976 For Metcalfe, a 1936 Replay
November 18, 1979 Wrong Mom? Tough!
March 11, 1981 He Deserved It
June 11, 1982 Baseball's Black Eye
October 21, 1983 Helms' Ranting Reminds Us How Far We've Come
September 21, 1990 Where Good Sense Is in the Minority
April 4, 1991 This Story May Not Have Happy Ending
June 23, 1994 Lincolnshire Makes Lunch a Real Hassle
4. Chasing the Changing Scene
February 20, 1967 High-Rise Lobby: The Old People Just Don't Fit In
August 10, 1970 Skirt the Issue and Live Longer
August 27, 1970 Lib Gawkers Tiresome Talkers
March 31, 1976 Mary Pickford's Old "Error"
May 2, 1978 It's Love at First Click
January 10, 1980 Survival of the Fairest
March 20, 1989 Something's Fishy at the Old Ballpark
April 11, 1991 It's Same Old Song Sung with a Twist
November 1, 1994 Happiness Floats in a Bowl of Misery
September 13, 1996 Where Have All the Protesters Gone Concerning Iraq?
5. Politics Ain't Beanbag
November 8, 1968 Nixon Halfway to a Mandate
September 17, 1971 Now, About That Book...
February 16, 1973 What's Behind Daley's Words?
October 19, 1973 A Law City Should Keep
June 10, 1974 Mr. Ambition at Your Service
January 8, 1980 Slip off the Old Block
May 7, 1984 Land of the Free, Home of the Fix
May 17, 1988 Alderman's Brain Is a Museum Piece
August 17, 1988 Bush's Selection Really Hits Home
March 27, 1991 Hail a Taxidermist for This Public Body
March 17, 1992 Hillary Clinton Is Fair Political Game
November 4, 1992 Bush's Wish Isn't Voters' Command
November 10, 1995 Democrats Just Got Boost from GOP Without Even Trying
6. My Kind of Town
May 16, 1968 Slats Grobnik, Sidewalk Man
September 9, 1968 The True Story of Twinkies
June 16, 1969 Change Bugs an Old Square
July 10, 1970 So, It's Over and Out, Roger!
April 12, 1973 A Requiem for a Tavern
January 21, 1976 Ladies Miss Goat's Flavor
August 28, 1990 If Only the Acorn Could Play It Again
November 21, 1995 Even a U.S. Senator Can Botch a Recipe for Success
7. Raging Against the Night
December 19, 1966 Lakefront Isn't a Wasteland Yet But It Will Be
April 8, 1968 Trace of Hope Was Lacking
June 7, 1968 Laugh It Up, It's Violence
April 14, 1971 Fred Hampton at the Ballot Box
January 24, 1973 Hollow Ring of Peace
September 16, 1975 Nero Would Love Chicago
March 4, 1976 Busing a Whip to Flog Liberals
February 5, 1981 Talk Won't Save Life
April 8, 1981 Feel Guilty? Me?
March 26, 1991 After All, This Is What We Fought For
September 25, 1992 War's Toll Doesn't End with Last Bomb
8. The Trouble with Everywhere Else
June 3, 1982 Hicks Get Their Licks
June 27, 1982 Iowa's the Real Pits
April 9, 1984 Just Take Your Oranges and...
August 20, 1984 Regional Tastes Hard to Swallow
October 5, 1990 Thank You, Cubs: The Pressure's Off
January 20, 1994 Take Off Your Mittens, Count Your Blessings
9. Now, Wait a Minute
July 20, 1966 Ringing Dissent to Criticism of Justice Douglas
February 21, 1968 Bonnie 'n' Clyde the Sad Side
January 27, 1978 Short-Legged Dog Has Snow-Fooling Problem
November 20, 1979 Fun with Khomeini
May 16, 1990 Fulfilling Advice for Wellesley Grads
September 28, 1990 So Much to Hate, and So Little Time
May 6, 1992 Bush Needs Liberal Doses of History
September 1, 1993 '68 Convention-al Wisdom All Wrong
February 9, 1994 Time to Be Color-Blind to All Words of Hate
March 25, 1994 Using Short Form? Try Briefs Deduction
10. Media Musings
December 20, 1973 An Exclusive in Club News
April 26, 1981 Come Clean, Post
January 29, 1992 Star Gives Public Just What It Wants
April 7, 1993 Rodney King and a Double Standard
June 8, 1994 Second Thought on That Invite: Oh, Forget It
May 21, 1996 Will "Gotcha" Crowd Go After Questions in Admiral's Death?
November 7, 1996 If Media Say It's Over, Why Should Voters Play Around?
11. Here's Looking at Me, Kid
October 4, 1967 Riverview Park: A Coward's Tale
March 21, 1969 How to Beat an Aching Back
June 2, 1969 Who Actually Creates Gaps?
February 8, 1972 Acute Crisis in Identity
December 20, 1976 That Old, Gray Area
October 24, 1978 He's Loser by a Nose
October 26, 1978 Lookin' Fine? He Nose It
January 11, 1980 Farewell to Fitness
June 24, 1982 Why Rude Is Shrewd
October 9, 1985 Condo Man Back Down to Earth
August 21, 1987 Windshield Wiper Lets in Some Light
June 13, 1995 Oh, the Humiliation a Dad Must Endure