There are powerful parallels between the 1961 movie “The Hustler,” the 1913 U.S. Open, and the current debt ceiling negotiation. Let me explain. In each case, there is a real question of which ...

Francis Ouimet’s secret weapon in the 1913 U.S. Open wasn’t a particular set of clubs, nor his familiarity with the course at The Country Club, which he could see from his bedroom window.