Celebrity Versus Food

Skewering the rich can be fun, entertaining and sometimes necessary, but good Lord, from Arianna Huffington (“Down and Out Among the Platinum One Percenters,” Commentary, June 5)? This woman spent what, close to $30 million, for her own self-aggrandizement and social status? (That was for the good of the nation, I suppose, trying to get Michael Huffington into office. Right.) Does Arianna Huffington ever think, “Gosh, how many hungry kids and waitress moms could $30 million help?” Maybe the celebrity she bought was more important. Before carping about the gold sliver in her neighbor’s eye, she should take the gold bar out of her own.

Jack Pastorok Jr.

San Clemente