Money well spent

A decision had to be made. It was so intense, he had to bring in a pro.

Jindal said he has received occasional entreaties from publishers dating to 1997, long before he launched his political career. When interest picked up in recent weeks, he hired a New York agent, Glen Hartley, to sift through the offers.

"We've been getting calls from . . . multiple publishers and we finally said it would make sense to hire somebody who knows this business, knows this industry and can sort through all these publishers, " Jindal said.

And after all the complicated sorting through of "all these publishers" the professionally considered choice was... Regnery.

Funny, I thought Jindal was all about cutting out unnecessary expenditures.