NOTE: Somewhere in this post, there’s a joke to be made about smoking a few fags, but this is a serious blog and I am far too classy a person for that.
Anyway … here’s the whole sordid story:
State Sen. Dave Koehler is proposing legislation that would legalize civil unions in Illinois and entitle unmarried couples [...]

I received an invitation to a press conference regarding the unveiling of a statue honoring Richard Pryor. Several months ago, I was ragging on Peoria’s powers-that-be for not sufficiently honoring Pryor (he took drugs and used dirty words, you know). Looks like the private sector and artist Preston Jackson — another Peorian worthy of being [...]

Kudos to the Journal Star editorial board for printing letters like this one, which shows the depths to which Richard Pryor’s critics will sink to discredit the comedian.
A typical case is that of Duane L. Mitchell of Trivoli, who thinks that if Peoria further honors Pryor, the city might as well name a building after [...]

Of course, it’s the Los Angeles City Council. After all, why should the Peoria City Council honor a native who was honored by the Kennedy Center?
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This Houson Chronicle article sheds some light on why it is that some Peorians have such distaste for native Richard Pryor.
“I wish that every new and young comedian would understand what Richard was about and not confuse his genius with his language usage,” Bill Cosby said through a spokesman in an Associated Press story last [...]

Am I the only one who found this paragraph in today’s article about Peorian Richard Pryor’s illness a bit disturbing:
Still, Jennifer Lee Pryor says her husband’s crippling multiple sclerosis is a blessing, stripping away his taste for the drugs and alcohol she was convinced would have left him dead instead of just months shy of [...]

I have mixed feelings about Bill Cosby. I loved his stand-up comedy, which had a certain edge to it. He was no Richard Pryor of course, but there was always an undercurrent of dissatisfaction and anger to it if you listened carefully. His recent televisions shows (The Cosby Show and Cosby) were sugar-coated pieces of [...]