Corporate Frontman Known as 'Dr. Evil' Makes a Fine Living Attacking Charities

By Ian T. Shearn, The Humane Society of the United States
Posted on May 11, 2010, Printed on May 17, 2010
http://www.alternet.org/story/146832/

Editor's Note: Reprinted by permission of The Humane Society of the United States.

If charity does indeed begin at home, in the case of Richard Berman, it starts in a $3 million, 8,800-square-foot mansion he shares with his second wife in McLean, Va. One of his first decisions in a day of many is whether to drive the Bentley or the Ferrari to work. On this particular spring morning, he goes with the Bentley.

Capable of zero to 60 in 4.4 seconds, the commute to his Washington D.C. office is no doubt enjoyable, even if the car’s 500-plus horsepower is bridled in congestion. He glides into his parking garage in the K Street corridor, gently backs the Bentley into a reserved spot and exits the car, clutching a bundle of newspapers under his arm.