I was recently being interviewed by a reporter for a comment on the acquittal of former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy. And asked for a comment on Independent Counsel Donald Smaltz, who had pursued the absurd prosecution to the tune of nearly $20 million, I remarked that Smaltz 'made Kenneth Starr look like Louis Brandeis.' Not a bad line, I thought. So imagine my surprise to discover the reporter hadn't the foggiest idea who Brandeis was. Which led me to ...