Most of us in the Midwest remember Mike Royko from his years with the Chicago Tribune. He was a newspaper columnist who wrote about serious issues – many of them Chicago issues . . . he was always after city hall, the common council, and the mayor – and he often used satire to make his points. He made us laugh.



Royko created the character of Slats Grobnick whom we frequently saw sitting on a bar stool in a Chicago tavern, talking with Royko… Continue