If life give you lemons ...
Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y: One of the secrets to living a rewarding life, so the gurus of such things tell us, is being able to glean positive results from whatever comes your way, especially the self-generated nasty stuff. Lemonade from lemons, etc.
Once again, Martha Stewart shows us the way. The maven of stylish living has apparently managed to transform the tackiness of being sentenced to five months in a federal prison into a model for personal rehabilitation. Forget Martha the Merciless, aloof corporate bully. Say hello to Martha the Humble, friend of the downtrodden and advocate for prison reform.
Something a little different
But there has always been something a little different about Stewart, something that compels attention and provides instruction for thousands (maybe more) of average Americans, especially women, who are trying to make the best of their lives. What she says and does, likes and dislikes, matters to a lot of people. So if there are positives to be drawn from her incarceration, they ought not be casually dismissed as just another celebrity story.
She went to prison for lying to federal investigators about what she had done, even though a jury decided the actual sale of stock was not illegal insider trading. Again, the cover-up trumped the act in question.