| Hillary Stuns--Four Theories
Mistakes Were Made! Frank Raines--Rhodes scholar, Harvard Law, Lazard Freres, potential future Treasury secretary, etc.--has blotted his copybook at Fannie Mae. (His bio has already ignominiously disappeared from its former spot on Fannie Mae's Web site.) But unlike other semi-disgraced executives, Raines has a chance to redeem himself. How? By giving back the absurdly plush retirement package ($1.4 million a year plus stock options worth an estimated $16 million or so, according to WaPo) he'll get for leading his taxpayer-aided company to a possible $9 billion accounting loss. I think that if Raines gave it back--gave it all back--it would be such a dramatic, atypical gesture he might become something of a folk hero, turning a defeat into a PR victory. It's not as if Raines and his family would starve if he gave up the millions--he'd still have the absurdly plush pay packages he received in prior years (e.g.
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a kid. The stunts my brothers and I would stage for that motorcycle toy were legendary (riding out a second story window, chasing the dog around the house without getting chewed to ribbons, you name it). RIP Evel. I wonder what happened to Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man who played the role of Evel's arch-nemesis in the boyhood action figure wars?/Councilman MikeK. Question: What was your favorite action figure/doll when you were little? .
Parents Spark Hugh Wilder to First of Many World Records
But the 2007 calendar year has proved to be his best yet. In June, Hugh established men's 60-64 world records in the 50 (31.46) and 100 (1:08.77) LCM back. At the South Carolina SCM Championships in November, he claimed both backstroke world records, and would later break each of them a second time. Staying healthy and injury-free has been a key factor in Wilder's swimming success thus far, along with a flexible career and supportive wife. "I've been blessed with good health, and I've been injury free, which I am so thankful for. I've got a very supportive wife as well. We met in college and she knew I was a swimmer, so she knew what I was going through," he added. Wilder currently teaches philosophy at the College of Charleston (S.C.), and his hours allow him to swim before work each morning.
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