Boss
Richard J. Daley of Chicago
by Mike Royko · first published 1971
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…be better than it is. I'm not sure that Illinois can make it in the long run without amending the home rule exceptions for Chicago out of its constitution. It gave the Chicago Political Machine (read Boss by Mike Royko, if you haven't already) its own playground and has driven a gigantic wedge between the city and the entire rest of the state.
on “Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper City” ↗…ever heard of the Pullman Strike? Haymarket Riot? Sacco and Vanzetti? The Jungle (by Upton Sinclair)? The 1919 race riots? Studs Terkel? Start by reading this 50-year-old book: https://www.amazon.com/Boss-Richard-J-Daley-Chicago/dp/04522... As for the bootlegging that you think is irrelevant: Chicago police were hopeless at controlling it, and that's why Ness and his team were called "untouchable" --…
on “Why South Africa Is on the Brink of Chaos” ↗I've been on the look-out for that too. Have lined up Mike Royko's "Boss" on Daley in the interim, though the bookshop owner wasn't as fond of Royko's writing style...
on “Ask HN: Any interesting books you have read lately?” ↗