Chicago Daily Observer

The ruling halting construction of the soccer field the Latin School is underwriting at the south end of Lincoln Park might keep a similar project at the north end of the park from getting under way. Soccer fields #1 and #2, two sloped dirt fields laid out side by side just east of Lake Shore Drive and south of Foster Avenue, have been used for about a quarter century by Region 418 of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). They’re the two biggest fields 418 plays on, and “the conditions are unsafe, terrible,” says 418 commissioner Rich Costello. Region 418 decided its kids deserve better. So 418 approached the Park District and struck a deal: It would pay $500,000 up front—which would cover the next four years of annual permits —and the Park District would grade the fields and install artificial turf.

Bill Moyers lead off his self titled Journal last night on PBS with a lecture on his conversation with Rev. Wright last week. Moyers, ever the partisan scold, failed to see how anyone could question his judgment in giving a platform to Rev. Wright to do some damage control to his (and by proxy Sen. Obama’s) image. As is clear, Moyers failed last week, coming across like an infomercial rather than a reporter, and Rev. Wright only succeeded in appearing more radical, and more asleep through the last 20 years than his forgetful flock in the pews must have been.

Moyers solidified his position as the leader of the soft-spoken partisan hacks with this solemn attack on a broad swath of the population:

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Okay look, if Annie Leibovitz wanted to take my photo, I’d let her. I admit it.

But I wouldn’t let her or Vanity Fair near my kids.

I used to like Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus. I have three young girls, so of course the wholesome star was high on my list.

Actually, I still like Miley Cyrus. What I can’t stand is our elite culture and how incredibly blind it is. Wow, did it fail her.

This week, Vanity Fair featured very sexually suggestive photos of Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old Disney sensation, apparently wrapped in nothing but a silk sheet, complete with naked back, rumpled hair, and slightly pouty look.

The photos of G-rated star, who earned Disney one billion dollars last year, give new meaning to the expression, “what were these people thinking?”

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