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Occasionally you will see a story that just makes you shake your head in dismay about what it says about the human condition. For me, at least, so it is with a story about a guy in Michigan who won $2 million in the state lottery TV show called “Make Me Rich,” but nevertheless remains eligible for food stamps — and continues to use his food stamp card to buy his food. The man in question, Leroy Fick, says he doesn’t feel bad about still using taxpayer money to buy his food. Fick’s $2 million lottery winnings don’t disqualify him from a program that is supposed to help the poor because, under current law, food stamp eligibility is based on gross income and lottery winnings are considered liquid assets. As a result, a guy who has more money in the bank than the vast majority of taxpayers is happy to have those taxpayers pay for his groceries. What a greedy jerk! I recognize that this is an extreme case, and obviously the “liquid assets” loophole needs to be fixed. But what it really sad about this story is that a guy who has had a stroke of incredible good fortune has absolutely no regrets about taking advantage of that loophole, and thereby taking advantage of his fellow citizens. Why doesn’t “Lucky Leroy” Fick have a conscience that causes him to realize that using his food stamp card under these circumstances is just wrong? 
President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law at the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2010.
Don't Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America
Members are coached to use savings, coupled with loans and training, to start tiny businesses. Jane learned to sew, left prostitution and used her savings and a small loan to buy a sewing machine. She began buying secondhand wedding gowns and bridesmaid dresses for about $7 each, and then cutting them up to make two or three smaller dresses. Jane’s business flourished, and she used her profits to buy a small home in a safe suburb and to keep her children in school. Her eldest daughter, Caroline, became the first child in the family to graduate from high school and is now taking computer classes. The intellectual star of the family is Anthony, the second child, who is ranked No. 1 in his class of 138 pupils at a good boarding school with much richer students. Anthony, a star soccer player even though he has no soccer shoes, hopes to go to college and become an engineer. He told me that when he gets his first paycheck, he’s going to buy something beautiful for his mom — and his eyes glistened as he spoke. - NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Mel Gibson is developing a film about Judah Maccabee, a hero of the Jewish faith who is celebrated on Hanukkah.
New fear from Rick Perry. ALSO don't ever forget nine eleven, no matter what.
Walda Winchell
NO MODEL CITIZEN: Gulnara Karimova (above), heir apparent to murderous Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov (inset), has been feted in fashion shows, such as the one above last spring in Moscow, Human Rights activists are livid that she’ll show her line on Sept. 15 at Lincoln Center. - NY Post
Resentment, anger and disgust have hardened like calluses on Tommy (Tom Hardy), back in his hometown of Pittsburgh for the first time in years. "I think I liked you better when you were a drunk," he tells his dad, retired steelworker Paddy (Nick Nolte), who is on the brink of 1,000 days sober. Tommy and his long-suffering mother fled Pittsburgh and the one-time drunken, abusive Paddy. Now he's returned to the home. - Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya admitted to dressing in drag and considering suicide while his life was going down for the count because of self-inflicted, one-two punches of booze and cocaine addiction.
The ex-boxer got an early start hitting the bottle, taking swigs at age 9. His childhood boozing usually took place at family get-togethers, in back yards across his native East Los Angeles. De La Hoya said uncles would send him to grab beer from the kitchen. "I'd open the beer, and I'd drink some," he added. - EMILY SMITH and DAVID K. L I
