Earn a Lott.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - Trent Lott resigns - Brief article

Trent Lott is resigning from the Senate "to make some money" after serving only one year of the term to which he was last elected. This is an example of how the greed that dominates Wall Street has spread to Capitol Hill.

Even Robert Novak, not exactly a harsh critic of the GOP, thinks so. He reports that Lott's annual income from his Senate salary, investments, and other sources is $289,710, and that his net worth is between $1.4 million and $2 million. Not exactly food-stamp...