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Could the Tea Party Spirit Blow North?

Oct 8th, 2010 | By Barry London | Category: Hermaneutics

Spontaneously giving vent to what became known as “the rant heard round the world,” and cheered on by other traders and brokers on the floor, Santelli repeatedly hollered, “Stop the spending,” while crossing his arms in front of his chest like a referee calling for a ‘time out’ or Professor Van Helsing warding off the vampiric advances of Dracula or one of his undead minions.

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Guest Columnist, with notes!

Jul 15th, 2010 | By Barry London | Category: Visiting Voices

One of our regular readers sent an email raising an important issue concerning the “33 cent dollars” of which I have been so critical. It had been my intention to follow up last week’s column with an analysis of this aspect of the equation, but when Barry’s email arrived it looked like a good way [...]

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