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Clowns & Harlots Each Tuesday, we will be bringing you the latest wit and wisdom of Christopher Corbett through his article, Clowns & Harlots.  The title references H.L. Mencken's essay "On Living In Baltimore" which is contained in his Prejudices. Mencken was expressing his view of New Yorkers versus his higher opinion of the citizens of Baltimore - his home. He believed that New York was a city "fit only for the... business of getting money..." Here at The Taipan Group's Baltimore Headquarters, we like to think we'd make old H.L. proud by beating Wall Street at its own game.
About the Author
	With over 25 years as a working journalist, Mr. Corbett has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and The Boston Globe. Author of the novels Vacationland (August 1986, Viking Adult) and Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express (September 2004, Broadway Books), he lives in Baltimore and teaches journalism at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
The Archive The Nachos Factor - 7/10/2007 Clowns & Harlots: Local Yokel - 7/3/2007 Clowns & Harlots: Claim to Fame - 6/26/2007 The Real ER - 6/19/2007 On Seeing America First - 6/13/2007 Man Still Bites Dog - 6/6/2007 The War Dead - 5/29/2007 Stand-up for Jesus: Thanks for the Memories - 5/22/2007 Great Days for the Irish - 5/15/2007 My Biceptual Life - 5/8/2007 Yabba Dabba Doo! - The Hills of Zion Revisited - 5/1/2007 A Day at the Races - 4/24/2007 Charity Begins At Home - 4/17/2007 The One That Got Away - 4/10/2007 More Will Be Revealed! - 4/3/2007 Guilty By Association - 3/27/2007 The Greatest Show on Earth? - 3/20/2007 The Ould Country - 3/13/2007 You Don't Know Jack - 3/6/2007 Town Meeting - 2/27/2007 Labor Pains - 2/20/2007 Stranger Than Fiction - 2/13/2007 Nap-ster - 2/6/2007 Weather or Not - 1/30/2007 Getting My Goat - 1/23/2007 The Color Purple - 1/16/2007 The Crystal Ball - 1/9/2007 Nimrod - 1/2/2007 Missed Manners - 12/25/2006 A Merry Little Christmas - 12/19/2006 Blessings - 12/12/2006 A Whale of a Tale - 12/5/2006 I Spy - 11/28/2006 The Man Who Came to Dinner - 11/21/2006 The Sporting Life - 11/14/2006 Bigfoot... He's Back! - 11/7/2006 The Horror, The Horror - 10/31/2006 Out of Africa - 10/24/2006 Going Once... - 10/17/2006 Trained Professionals - 10/10/2006 A Bad Wrap - 10/3/2006 An American Tradition - 9/26/2006 Good to the Last Drop - 9/19/2006 Thou Shouldst Be Living at This Hour - 9/12/2006 The Handymen - 9/5/2006 Home for the Holidays - 8/29/2006 Food for Thought - 8/22/2006 My Troubled Youth - 8/15/2006 When Life Is a Beach - 8/8/2006 My Nightmare on Elm Street - 8/1/2006 Not Just About Guns Anymore... - 7/25/2006 Rental Case - 7/18/2006 Slow News Day - 7/11/2006 Whole Fads - 7/3/2006 Flying Greyhound - 6/27/2006 Remembering Big - 6/20/2006 The Greatest Show on Earth? - 6/13/2006 Old School Ties - 6/6/2006 Still Petty - 5/30/2006 Stormy Weather - 5/23/2006 My Pullet Surprise or What I Did For My Summer Vacation - 5/16/2006 Adult Child of a Golfer - 5/9/2006 In the Age of Misadventure - 5/2/2006