The Incidental Economist

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      August 18, 2012 at 6:00 am
      Harold Pollack

    We’ve had a couple of columns on our comment policy. Protip: The below letter, sent to my office, likely violates it. This missive does make me nostalgic for the era of properly typed and posted hate mail. Computers have generally brought a dreadful decline in such things.

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    • by Ken Hamer on August 18th, 2012 at 23:10

      Sad thing is the writer is probably allowed to vote.

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