Like most ballet classes, Mr. Burmann's 90-minute class follows a regular pattern.

WSJ: Master Ballet Teacher Wilhelm Burmann | Creating

What is so disturbing about fraud on Wall Street is the notion that a devilish character like Bernie Madoff, who stole from the rich, is whisked off to jail, while those who steal from lower to middle class individuals and families tend to fall into a familiar pattern of getting caught, paying fines, skipping jail time and walking away with bonuses worth millions of dollars.

FORBES: Crime Pays Off On Wall Street (Big Time)

All are traditional Democratic issues, but in concentrating on them Latinos are following the pattern of earlier immigrants: they are adopting middle-class American patterns of political behaviour, rather than putting their ethnic identity above everything else.

ECONOMIST: Special-interest groups