That’s Barack Obama talking to a plumber who had complained to him about his tax plan. Story here. All righty, then! So who has the hot, focus-group-tested spin for this one? Lay it on me. Give me a nonthreatening, that’s-not-what-he-really-meant reading of “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Hey, … Read more
Two independent filmmakers, Alex and Stephen Kendrick, have a movie called Fireproof out. It’s the story of a firefighter who lives by the professional mantra “never leave your partner behind,” but who is in danger of doing just that in his marriage. The movie was made for $500,000—ashtray and mason jar sort of money when … Read more
I’ve made peace with the fact that I’m probably not going to be a multimillionaire. Oh, I still hold out the hope that somehow I’ll figure out a way to get $10,000 for a dinner speech, or otherwise find my way to piles of money for just being myself. But realistically, it wasn’t a big … Read more