Surely it was a slow news day on both coasts recently. In Rhode Island, they unrolled fireman-grade water hoses to wash egg from the faces of school board members, and in California, a small, “highest-scale” coffee spot sold out of a new magical coffee brew despite its introductory price of $75 PER CUP. Left-coast citizens who invite friends to join them for cups of joe – with addition of taxes and tips – risk seeing a couple of $100 bills go up in smoke, and their blood pressure numbers flying off the charts. Wasn’t it a mere three score years ago ...