Our text for today is taken from the movie “Hud,” spoken by Homer Bannon, Hud’s father, “…little by little the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.” I haven’t looked at any Most Popular Male American polls recently, but it’s fair to say that the current occupant of the White House…

A few boring statistics to start, but first: As almost everyone knows the United States is somewhere around full employment, maybe beyond that (full employment doesn’t necessarily mean everyone who wants a job has one because people may be in transition from one to another or some other reason not to be working). Anyway, here’s…