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Mike Royko
American
Writer
About the author
Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#People
#Public
#Years
#Career
#Editors
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.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#Future
Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#Want
#Choice
#Obvious
#Cooking
It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#Policy
#Internet
I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#Pleasure
#Philosophy
God tipped the country and all the fruits and nuts rolled west.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#God
#Country
Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax.
Mike Royko,
American
Writer
#American
#Tax
#Cheating
#Income
#Mothers