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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:00 AM

Why I didn't invest in subprime mortgages

Something in me resists the idea of big profits, windfalls, bonanzas. In my field there are no great leaps -- it's one sentence at a time.
By Garrison Keillor

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2007 12:41 AM

    Wait a second

    Why would Keillor have to invest in that to begin with?

    Oh right, he wouldn't. So why is he clucking his tongues going on about how much wiser he is than those(I'm not among them) who did?

    —dust1969 Read dust1969's other letters

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