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“I Care for the Starving Poor”

The most famous of high priced fountain pens, Mont Blanc, often has editions honoring artists and historians. I even own a Yehudi Menuhin model with a violin bow for the clip. Recently I noticed in the store at Lenox in Atlanta the Montblanc Unicef model. I...

Rahm and Bruce

From the Wall Street Journal Political Diary- White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has led a charmed political life. Prior to his current gig, Mr. Emanuel was a senior political aide to President Clinton, a Congressman from Chicago and chairman of the Democratic...

Attacking the Over Insured

There hasn’t  been much I have agreed with in the swamp of health care proposals, but I did hear one idea that made sense; a surtax on the Cadillac plans. This addresses one of the problems of our system. Due to the tax deduction afforded businesses to buy...

Dangerous and Stupid Territory

An old show business adage is that bad publicity is better than no publicity at all.  In politics a corollary of that adage is that you never openly acknowledge the power of your opponents. This holds double from the POTUS. When Obama demonizes Rush Limbaugh from the...