Jewish professionals, including rabbis, are increasingly taking the food stamp challenge. For a week or even a month, these individuals spend no more than what the federal government gives the needy in food stamps — $5 a day — for all their nutritional needs. As exercises in empathy go, it’s impressive. I have known several…
A Republican commentator complained of the State of the Union speech just after its emotive conclusion that all Barack Obama wants to do is redistribute wealth, spend more of other people’s money, and take from those who have and give it to those who don’t. Actually, what the president did in this overly detailed but…
Warren Buffett is one interesting character. Ranked second on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans, Buffett has boldly entered the political fray by asking, nay demanding, that Congress raise taxes for him and his mega-rich friends to help close the federal budget deficit. At a mere 17.4%, Buffett’s tax rate last year was…
