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On Dealing With Pirates

A different kind of ransom.

Calvin Trillin

April 15, 2009

We’ve shoveled ransom to the Wall Street band. Their lobbyists seek even sweeter deals. When next they want our dough for screwing up, We should, perhaps, send in some Navy Seals.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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