Mention the name Mike Royko to many Americans of a certain age and several images come to mind: tough-talking, hard-working, hard-drinking. A man who stood up for little guys and chopped down big ones. Collected and edited by son David, the 114 missives -- alternately happy and sappy, angry and jealous, funny and serious, comprise the newly released Royko in Love (University of Chicago Press |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.