On Sale Now More Than Ever

The selling of the late president continues. . . .

From the Fall 1995 President Gift Catalogue issued by the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace in Yorba Linda comes the New Presidential Wrist Watch.

The $57.50 watch, which bears the presidential seal, is advertised as being available “Just in time for the ’96 campaign.”

Presidential caps are selling for $22 each, available in three styles--White House, Camp David and Air Force One.

“Let dreams of the Presidency go to your head with our exclusive embroidered caps, all made in America,” the catalogue says.

Also new is the American Leadership Video Series. Included is a $15 videocassette of a speech by presidential aspirant Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.). The tape is 30 minutes long, or 50 cents a minute.

A better bargain is the 40-minute speech by House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.). Also selling for $15, that speech works out to a cheaper 37.5 cents a minute.

Healthy Mail-Order Business

Also new in the mail-order category is merchandise offered through the American Medical Assn. fall catalogue.

The catalogue, which has previously sold chocolate candy in the size and look of a human heart, now sells a box of miniature chocolate human hearts for $19.95.

Also available is the executive travel golf putter with an AMA logo for $59.

Then there is an instructional videocassette that may be especially useful in this age of for-hire witnesses becoming stars on Court TV.

The video title: “How to Be an Effective Medical Witness,” which covers such topics as how to “humanize your testimony” and deal with trick questions.

Nice Work if You Can Get It

Does a six-figure salary to meet once a month for about two hours sound like a dream job?

How about more than $100,000 to meet twice a month for two hours?

All are among “the cushiest jobs in state government” listed in the latest California Lawyer magazine.

The magazine highlights the pay and duties of some of the state’s more lucrative boards and commissions, including the Agricultural Labor Relations Board, the Board of Prison Terms, the California Energy Commission, the Integrated Waste Management Board and the Public Employment Relations Board.

The magazine notes that most of California’s 1,000 or so boards and commissions don’t offer members salaries, although 11 provide annual pay ranging from $87,305 to $103,178.

The magazine’s conclusion: “Big bucks, short hours--All you need are the right friends in the right places.”

Still Spreading on the Web

With the Ebola virus threat officially declared over, what becomes of the “Ebola Page,” one of the quirkier and more depressing sites on the World Wide Web?

David Ornstein, a San Francisco computer specialist behind the page that carried information on the virus, is now creating an “Outbreak” page, which he describes on the Web site as “a much bigger site on emerging diseases.”