The Chatter for Sunday, Nov. 3 Leon W. Weidman, a federal prosecutor who has been instrumental in the government's campaign to take civil action against Wall Street over the financial crisis. "Admit that you, and I and others in the magnificent "1%" grew up in a gilded age of credit." Bill Gross, the billionaire bond analyst and co-founder of Pimco, who in his recent investment newsletter called on the "Scrooge McDucks of the world" to take time out from swimming in their wealth to give back some of it to those who are less well-off. We're not going to run away from technology, but we're not going to run away from safety, either. Veda Shook, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, who welcomed news from the Federal Aviation Administration that passengers will soon be able to use electronic devices in "all phases of flight" if the airline decides that its aircraft can tolerate the interference. But using a cellphone to talk will still be banned.