slate.com - 7/3/2009
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With Independence Day upon us, Americans are coming together once again in celebration of all our many freedoms, among them the freedom to drink outside during daylight hours. Some of us will fish Bud tallboys out of an Igloo on the National Mall; others will knock back rosé on picnic blankets ...
explorechicago.org - 7/3/2009
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Fireworks over Grant Park during Taste of Chicago
Upon sampling the array of food selections at Taste...
of Chicago, festival attendees will slowly make their way to the Petrillo Music Shell for the pre-fireworks entertainment. Beginning at 7:30 pm, the ...
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3rd of July Fireworks
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Contrarianism I Can Get Behind
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Now, if we can only get someone to take on parades: Meanwhile, the professional fireworks display is an exercise in pomposity, aggression, triumphalism, and hubris. And boring. Don't forget boring. If you're at a decent July 4th party, whatever you were doing is more fun than the fireworks. ...
Morning Skim: 'Bomb Iran,' Shame About Hussein and More
Opinionator —
... .” He’s not The Natural. The Un-Natural is more like it. But in his own clumsy, hormonally imbalanced way, Canseco has done more than any player of his time to help baseball overcome the errors of its recent ways. The worst of the Steroid Era appears to be over, and Canseco deserves a fair chunk of the credit. Slate : Troy Patterson says “ the professional fireworks display is an exercise in pomposity, aggression, triumphalism, and hubris. The pyrotechnician—and, more importantly, his patron—intends to ornament the night sky beyond the powers of God himself. He means to ...
Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
... with the Wall Street Journal . * And just in time for tomorrow, the case against fireworks displays . Anything to add? Consider this an open thread.— ...
Fireworks, fast food, and the French
The Reaction —
... I'm not a huge fan of fireworks, I must admit, though I'm not quite as down on them as Slate's Troy Patterson, who recently wrote a very funny column against them. Best passage: ...
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