There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.

Mike Royko then worked for the rival Chicago Tribune. Generally the Slats Grobnik columns described two men discussing a current event in a Polish neighborhood bar. ISBN 0-226-73073-5.

Over his 30-year career he wrote over 7500 daily columns for three newspapers the Chicago Daily News the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune. Michael "Mike" Royko (September 19 1932 – April 29 1997) was a Chicago newspaper columnist winner of the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.