Sash 'n' sass ...
There are times I'd like to metaphorically thwack Cardinal George with his crosier. But . . . it's probably a safe bet his eminence thinks this columnist is a nettlesome tsetse fly he'd like to smack with a swatter.
Friday, June 4, 2004
It is a daughter's journey into hell . . .
. . . A daughter who claims her father calmly proclaimed his innocence before he was executed at Stateville Prison on March 22, 1995.
Thursday, June 3, 2004
Tipsville . . .
An Orr nugget: Cook County Clerk David Orr almost drowned last weekend, but he didn't lose his hat.
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Gimme a break . . .
Now comes word Kathy Hilton, the mother of those headline hungry socialite sisters Paris & Nicky, wants to show you the high life.
Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Pssst . . .
Sneed is told first lady Maggie Daley made a hush-hush low-profile trip to Turkey last week after she left Paris.
Sunday, May 30, 2004
Slaughter saga . . .
I've got a question for state Rep. Charles Morrow (D-Chicago), the lame duck legislator who helped defeat the horse slaughter ban legislation in the House . . . by not voting.
Friday, May 28, 2004
The O.J. Simpson case . . .
Is O.J. Simpson capitalizing on the death of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her companion, Ron Goldman, who were murdered a decade ago?
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Scoopsville . . .
Sneed hears Secret Service agents are swarming all over Chicago ... because Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is coming to town. You heard it here first.
Gimme a break . . .
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Pew news . . . Cardinal Francis George's decision to deny communion to gay and lesbian supporters (the Rainbow Sash Movement) wearing a rainbow colored sash (He claims it indicates disagreement with church teaching) is . . . outrageous!
Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Scoopsville . . .
Sneed hears Deborah Mell, the lesbian daughter of Ald. Dick Mell (33rd), is formulating plans to lead a group of protesters to the various homes of top Dems who would be instrumental in passing a gay rights/gay marriage bill.
Sunday, May 23, 2004
Hmmm ...
Sneed hears rumbles the basketball legend may have purchased part of the Milwaukee Bucks -- making good on a bid which failed last year.
Friday, May 21, 2004
Fantastic!
The ban on the slaughter of horses for human consumption passed the Illinois Senate Thursday. You did it, folks! You did it, state Sen. John Cullerton! You did it, actress Bo Derek! Now, on to the House and the magic of state Rep. Bob Molaro.
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Yippee!
State Sen. John Cullerton, who revived the anti-horse slaughter bill, gives Derek credit for not only turning heads . . . but turning the votes of senators who voted it out of the Senate Executive Committee Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
A Ms. Mell memo . . .
Yada Yada Yada: Deborah Mell, 35, the outspoken gay daughter of Ald. Dick Mell (33rd), has opened her mouth again . . . in support of gay marriage rights.
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Bill's back! Bill Daley, who will now become my banker (midwest chair of J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One Corp.) is back in town and already hit the dinner circuit Monday night at the Chicago Council of Foreign Relations dinner. Welcome back.
She's a '10' . . .
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Segal story ...
I'm not pointing fingers, but insurance mogul Michael "Mickey" Segal's trial on racketeering, tax conspiracy and mail fraud, etc. charges, is a page turner. Consider this tidbit from Segal's handlers: Thomas McNichols, former CFO of Near North Insurance, testified last week that he had worn a wire and worked with government prosecutors. But Segal's handlers claim while he was working with the government, preparing financial documents to ensnare Segal, McNichols was still taking Segal's money to the tune of $166,000 a year in salary, a $50,000 bonus and a $250,000 severance package that he negotiated for himself.
The name game . . .
Friday, May 14, 2004
Book 'em . . .
Yipes! The autobiography former President Bill Clinton just laid on his publisher's desk is 900 pages long.
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Pew news . . .
Judge Anne Burke, the most powerful Catholic lay person in the United States, has heard a lot of shocking things since being named interim chair of the National Review Board for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops studying the priest sexual abuse scandal.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Amazing . . .
Consider: The father of JonBenet Ramsey, the child beauty queen whose murder at the age of 6 has never been solved, is running for the Michigan House of Representatives.
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Giddyap!!!
Dateline: The Scoop Line . . . Watch for state Sen. John Cullerton (D-Chicago) to propose a new anti-horse slaughter bill this week in Springfield!
Sunday, May 9, 2004
U.N.-stoppable . . .
Sneed hears Rich Williamson, the pride of Kenilworth, is on the short list to become our nation's next U.N. ambassador.
Wild about Harry
