Retired, But Still On the Job

The Wall Street Journal has a great story today about Martin Bennett, who spends his days hunting down unsafe products and hassling their makers to comply with federal laws and regulations. So he must work for the Conusmer Product Safety Commission, right? Not any more.

The 69-year-old Bennett retired from the agency more than six years ago. But he just can't stop spending his days researching products at his computer and making unannounced visits to manufacturers and suppliers -- even if that results in him getting thrown off the premises from time to time.

"It's part of the job," he says. "I mean my old job."