There is a story about a man who shows his friend through his new house. “This is the living room, here is the dining room. This is the Florida room,” he says, “and that is my wife” and there she is sitting on the love seat just kissing up a storm with another man. And they go on into
THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO, A SECRET SLUSH FUND nearly ended the public career of Richard M. Nixon. The fund — which contained $18,235 — had been spent to supplement Nixon’s Senate allowances and to advance his national political prospects. Nixon, of course, salvaged his spot as the 1952 Republican vice presidential nominee by making one of the most famous political
CALVIN COOLIDGE IS CREDITED WITH OBSERVING that “the business of America is business.” The business of America’s presidential inaugurations is business too, especially in Washington. The election of Ronald Reagan as the nation’s 40th president was supposed to be good for business. In Washington at least, that seems to be the case. Owners of many local businesses are happily bracing for what they believe will be a series of economic