One More Time : The Best of Mike Royko

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Summary: Compassion and Crustiness
Review: This is a book I'll go back to over and over. Everytime I need a lift, I pull it off the shelf and read through a couple of columns. Royko could be abrasive--most people either loved him or hated him. There was no neutral ground. He never backed down from an argument . He attacked pretension and phoniness like a pit bull. For anyone who has ever felt beaten down and stepped on by bureaucracy or red tape, pick up this book. Mike was on your side.

The pieces that moved me most in this collection were the two columns he wrote on the death of John Belushi and the piece he wrote after the death of his wife. If the latter piece doesn't move you, your heart has turned to stone.