"The easiest thing in the world to do is spend other people's money. Democrats do it all the time, paying for everything but their bills. The Greeks are marvelous at it, even when they have no money.

And so it has been of late with Red Sox fans.

Far be it from me to give a billionaire a break. That's the job of the tax code and a Republican-run Congress. But all this talk the past week or so about how a guy with two first names and one large checkbook has turned into a cheapskate seems a bit much."