You know, there are very few things in place to help artists in the United States.  Sometimes I look at Canada’s funding for the arts and I get jealous.  You could say Americans produce more, but it is simply because we have more.  That’s how it seems to me.  More people equals more competition equals more and more, etc.  What we almost never do – in this country – is make it comfortable for the artist to grow and thrive.   So, that’s why I’m sincerely bummed out that an old New York establishment is closing down.  The restaurant was called, “Mickey Mantles.”  It was named after one of the greatest Yankee players of all time.  The beauty is I’m not even sure if…