FREEDMAN: The king of Spain is waiting at the bar

Maybe in keeping with the twin horses of money and social prestige, the maintenance of exclusivity through clubs is an example of the waning importance of loyalty or even celebrity.  After all, these are waived upon payment of some exorbitant amount of money. Or maybe not so exorbitant to members of the new economy who have plentiful cash but fragile — or easily flattered — egos.

FREEDMAN: On tipping

In 1908 when William Howard Taft, class of 1878, ran for president, he boasted that he never tipped his barber and was lauded as the […]