10 Quirky Families That Still Rule the World You’d never confuse them for the Rockefellers. But you also wouldn’t have curling without ’em.

getpocket.com ^ | 7/5/2016 | Jeff Wilser

[rktman]

1. The Rosenwachs

Power: Hydrating Wall Street, Broadway, and the media

2. The Kays

Power: Keeping the World Stoned

3. The Frelinghuysens

Power: New Jersey Politicking

4. The Kongos

Power: Building Religion

5. The Brookes

Power: Designing Wartime Fashion

6. The Hoffmanns

Power: Making the People Cough-Free

7. The Christiansens

Power: Building Budding Engineers

8. The Maltas

Power: Ringing Praise for Church and High School Music Programs

9. The Halls

Power: Dictating Schmaltz

10. The Mogis

Power: Bolstering the Wisconsin Economy

[rktman]

From a while back. Just a Sunday morning venture from the politkal realm. What with nuzzlin' joe being shocked back into the race and the burnbots probably seething at burknee sanDUHs loss. Anyway, "rule the world"?. Read it for the details if you wish. Happy March.

[alfa6]

Thanks, I found the article rather interesting.

With both curling and Hallmark, schmaltz indeed :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[PGalt]

Thanks. BEWARE the Ides of March. POWER CENTERS like D.C. Divide & Control.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Was fun.
Thanks.

[rktman]

With all the political garbahjuh going on.............

[kearnyirish2]

The Frelinghuysen family came to NJ 300 years ago; the street named after them in Newark is not very nice.