Negative Space: Mike Royko
- Barack Obama’s creepy campaign
- What does Obama think his relationship is with his supporters?
- Bloggers and Mike Royko
- Phil Boas’ description of the importance of bloggers mirrors the influence that Mike Royko had on newspapers.
- How to Cut Crime
- Mike Royko talks about how to cut crime—by ending stupid laws.
- Mike Royko on firearms
- Negative Space text archive of files on Mike Royko talking about Firearms
- Mike Royko: A Life in Print
- Mike Royko, according to author and fellow newsman F. Richard Ciccone, was the heir to the Mencken responsibility of satirizing the powerful and protecting the weak. I believe he came close, but Ciccone’s book doesn’t show it.
- Mike Royko’s Opinions
- Mike Royko would have been almost gonzo if he’d been more Libertarian. Certainly, he was growing that way before he died, especially with his views on drugs and modifying his stand against gun control.
- The World of Mike Royko
- Doug Moe’s “The World of Mike Royko” is not as deep as Ciccone’s “A Life in Print” tries to be, but it does what it does very well.
More Information
- Boss (paperback)
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Mike Royko chronicles the rise of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, and the Democratic political machine that Daley controlled. Daley had clout, as only Chicago doles it out and only Royko could describe.
- For the Love of Mike: More of the Best of Mike Royko (paperback)
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“This is a substantial second collection (after One More Time) 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.” (Mike Royko)
- One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko (paperback)
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“Friends helped Royko’s widow go through his thousands of columns and narrow this selection to just over 100. Good buddy Studs Terkel provides an introduction, and friend and coworker Lois Wille supplies an overview for each decade from the ’60s through the ’90s.” (Mike Royko)
