To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs; Heine was nearer the mark when he found in Him the divine Aristophanes. God's laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be Aristophanes and Rabelais.
Bio: Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for the establishment of the first Commission.
