Rattan's short stories are filled with humor and positive observations of charming characters with penetrating insights that amuse and entertain the reader: The math teacher "As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more clearly, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folk of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) "Shall I tell you what I consider to be wrong? What I consider to be wrong is that most of the people in the Western...