Lou Dobbs Once Tossed A Live Chicken Off Balcony During Movie

Does finding Lou ‘Diamond’ Dobbs deserve 7,700 words?

When James Glassman wrote in his editor’s letter that the American — yet another business magazine — would feature long articles you can comfortably read, he wasn’t kidding about the “long” part. The premiere issue features a 7,700-word piece on “The Secret Life of Lou Dobbs.”

Putting aside the relative logic of devoting 7,700 words to Dobbs, some highlights:

• Farms in Dobbs’ Idaho hometown of Rupert depend on Mexican workers to grow crops.