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ANYthing put out and read, especially without a disclaimer, thus allowing data to be inputted becomes an element of confusion in the psyche...I think satire should be ceased until we reclaim our true American psyche. --knarf
As long as we allow ourselves to be twisted around by the popular media, as long as we don't examine EVERYTHING carefully, as long as we suffer from childlike credulity, we will never reclaim a so-called "true American psyche."...When reading ANYTHING (I don't care about the source), we must be skeptical and look for an agenda...Good satire can help us with that. --markomalley

Mike Royko was a great satirical writer, but not many are imo, and these times are tough[er], so I agree with knarf, unless the piece is truly written well, that is, and there's something to gain for Him. But regardless, it's nice to have a warning in the headline so you can ignore the article if you wish. I like this from Mother Teresa:"Nowhere on earth are you more welcomed, nowhere on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is the best time that you will spend on earth. Each moment that you spend with Jesus will deepen your union with Him and make your soul everlastingly more glorious and beautiful in heaven, and will help bring about an everlasting peace on earth." --Mother Teresa of Calcutta
No skepticism, no looking for an agenda. http://www.acfp2000.com/Chapels/worldmap.htm

I started reading Mike when I was about 10 or 12 ... The Boston Globe carried him and because I idolized my father, and he read the paper, so did I .. (I also read Business Week and Kiplinger's Letter because of him).

Mike's writing was immediately entertained as a story or proverb (though now I know the wortd, "satire" .. didn't then) and there was never a question that Slats was a figure invented to tell a story or make a point.

I just always knew it.

I don't know those things today.