Great piece. I'm still laughing.

You're probably too young to remember when Boston Mayor Curley was reelected while in jail.

I remember hearing tell that if Curly heard that some poor person was cold in the winter, he'd send over a truckload of coal.

Curley looked out for people, and could probably have been reelected if he were dead.

From the sound of this piece, Stevens funneled a lot of federal money into companies in his home state. After all, what's a US Senator for? And wouldn't one certainly expect favors to be returned?

The only thing that surprises us is that we so seldom hear about it in the news.

The humble Farmer