Ronaldus Magnus’ Little Red Hen

Today is President Reagan’s birthday, so I thought I would pass along some timely wisdom.

Once upon a time there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat.  She called her neighbors and said ‘If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will [...]

Classy

Last week, the British prime minister, Gordon Brown paid his first official visit to the new president at the White House.

Brown presented Obama with the following gifts:

• An ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet. (Which reportedly delighted Obama, who placed it on his Oval Office desk.)

• The [...]