Several readers have asked me when will I post about the Atlantic City revolving mayors. You can read my article Forget it, Jake, it’s Atlantic City at Pajamas Media today.
I’m sure you all remember that line from Chinatown.
Sunday Hsu, via Instapundit:
Hsu’s love of wine and Clinton on display:
Until recently, Hsu, 56, traveled in glittering circles as one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s most prolific supporters, raising more than $1.2 million for the New York Democrat and other Democratic candidates in the last three years.
In August, however, The Times revealed he was a fugitive, wanted in connection with a 1991 theft case. Since then, federal prosecutors have accused the Hong Kong native of masterminding a $60-million Ponzi scheme and breaking election laws by reimbursing associates for political donations made in their names.
Hsu also has been sued by investors in Southern California and New York who say he defrauded them and, in some cases, pressured them to make campaign contributions.
What I want to know is, who was bankrolling Hsu?
Sunday shoes:
The Delman Xosa pumps in patent leather, available in red or black. A classic style that will carry you through every ocassion from the office through the weekend.
Sunday book:
Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
Anecdotes on cricket matches and beach houses aside, this is a very entertaining book explaining the when and how of ettiquette without lapsing into metrosexual/henpecked/women on pedestals mannered foolishness. Post (Emily’s great-grandson) is especially good in explaining the why for manners (page xxi):
Etiquette is governed by three principles: consideration, respect, and honesty. These provide the framework for defining every manner that has ever been formulated. Each of these principles is timeless. These principles transcend cultural boundaries, cross socioeconomic boundaries, and apply equally to all ages.
In today’s world, where everybody’s life is laid bare on the internet, cell phones and emails, this is most valuable advice.
While the book is aimed at men, women need to learn how to behave appropritately, too, particularly towards men. I recommend this book to women not so they find fault in men’s behavior and go nagging them into propriety, but to understand that there are limits to a man’s forebearance (which many women tend to forget), and that it is appropriate for a man to not want to be with a woman who only demands (but can’t deliver) consideration, respect and honesty.
May we all live by all three.
This week’s book selection at the WSJ is by Michael Barone, who says, “These books illuminate the shared heritage of America and Britain.” I also include a link to Churchill’s A History of the English Speaking Peoples.
Churchill won a Nobel for Lit (1953), not for peace.
Dr. Sanity has the Carnival of the Insanities
