Bubba Alert: The Irish Independent is reporting that Bill Clinton and a selection of "world leaders" past and present (mostly past) are attending a private summit in Dublin this week sponsored by the American Academy of Achievement. If you can figure out exactly what the Academy is from their web site, you are a better man than I. It seems there are countless opportunities for ex-politicians to pick up some cash. Politicians too for that matter, as Bubba and his spouse can attest. Does anyone but me remember that Hillary was on the Board of Directors of that little Arkansas corporation, Wal*Mart, while Bubba was Governor?

Speaking of which, Hillary's continuing campaign to enchant upstate New Yorkers took a bizarre turn recently when she told a questioner that she actually once had gone hunting. No mention of whether they sang "Look for the Union Label" in the duck blind. Ooops, sorry, that was the wooden guy with the makeup. Well, maybe she was wearing a Yankee cap in the duck blind.