This seems to be the Age of Hostages: The people of Iraq were held hostage by the cruel Saddam Hussein. The civilians of American cities were effectively held hostage by Al Qaeda. The most recent hostage situation was the American pension funds being held hostage by the Washington and New York elite. No doubt it was a tempting prize as so many baby boomers approached retirement. The pension coffers were as full as they would ever be. So when Barney Frank, Obama, Pelosi and various fund managers told us they could save the free market system by destroying it in...