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...think it's absolutely crazy if those charges and allegations are true. Chicago has had a history of bizarre politics that we thought we had moved beyond with Obama and with [Mayor Richard] Daley. And I think that it's a great city and it's a great place, and I hope that we don't get judged based on that. We're hoping for the Olympics, and I don't want anything to blow the chances of that...
...atheism. Now, atheism is certainly not a religion, and the phrase “evangelical atheism” certainly appears oxymoronic. But we have witnessed in our time the rise of a virulent strain of atheism championed by Bill Maher, the comedian and star of Religulous, the secularist philosopher Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, and their often indignant ilk. For all its schooling and pretense of intellectualism, this godless vanguard unknowingly adopts the very aspects of religion its leaders passionately lambaste and turns atheism into the kind of evangelical ideology it opposes...
...made his clients believe he was a bulldog ... Basically, in this town, if you're not in the limelight, you're nobody. Pellicano was in the limelight; in fact, I think he liked it a little too much." - Richard DiSabatino, Beverly Hills P.I., on his fellow shamus (The Guardian, March...
...shouldn't come as any surprise that, in the wake of the shocking allegations against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, observers almost immediately evoked the Windy City's rich, colorful history of corruption. But after a couple of days Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, the son of the man synonomous with cronyism and backroom Chicago politics, wasn't about to let the comparisons go unchallenged. At a Wednesday press conference, a subdued Daley, who is bidding to land the 2016 Summer Olympics, went out of his way to distance himself and his city from the stain of the burgeoning scandal...
...rignon, the name that has become synonymous with champagne, is releasing three special vintages this holiday season: Dom Pérignon Vintage 2000 ($150), with toasty, mineral notes; Oenothèque Vintage 1995 ($400), which "is killer with caviar," according to Dom's Chef de Cave, Richard Geoffroy; and Rosé Vintage 1998 ($450), which, with notes of salt and fruit, is rare and sold in limited quantities and goes well with everything...