Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Saturday, September 05, 2015
I agree totally.
Yet another reason why I fight so hard to defend the liberal label.
Here is a 67 year old grandmother, who has been a dyed-in-the-wool liberal and proud, all of my life, as far back as I can remember. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Royko was a Chicago treasure, as was his mentor and predecessor, Studs Terkel - who proudly proclaimed his progressive roots - into his mid nineties. They are two of the reasons I don't equate aging as inevitably ascribing to reactionary conservatism.
Mike was a Chicago treasure. When you hired on at the Chicago Daily News, and later the Sun-Times, he took you for a beer at The Goat and told you that he paid your salary, meaning the paper sold because of his column. He gave me the lecture twice. The second time I drank tea.
I remembered the name, but hadn't heard it in ages. I had to look him up
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Ahhh, eff you!
ReplyDeleteAs Lion said in "The Wizard of Oz": "Ain't it da Troot!"
ReplyDeleteHere is a 67 year old grandmother, who has been a dyed-in-the-wool liberal and proud, all of my life, as far back as I can remember. I wouldn't have it any other way.
ReplyDeleteI've got four years on you and I've always been proud of my liberal and democratic roots.
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Royko was a Chicago treasure, as was his mentor and predecessor, Studs Terkel - who proudly proclaimed his progressive roots - into his mid nineties. They are two of the reasons I don't equate aging as inevitably ascribing to reactionary conservatism.
DeleteMike was a Chicago treasure. When you hired on at the Chicago Daily News, and later the Sun-Times, he took you for a beer at The Goat and told you that he paid your salary, meaning the paper sold because of his column. He gave me the lecture twice. The second time I drank tea.
DeleteDoes anyone know when Royko wrote this?
ReplyDeleteAlways loved his columns, even though I was a bit too young to fully appreciate them.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't hurt that he was a nice Ukrainian boy! (we had distant cousins also named Royko, although they were, sadly, not related to him)
Thanks Gryphen, for sharing that sentiment by Mr. Royko.
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