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Shaggy Catfish Story

Matt Welch | 7.22.2003 12:17 PM

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To what lengths will venal U.S. politicians go to subsidize American farmers, punish consumers, and keep poor Third World countries poor? Why, they will redefine the word "catfish," just for starters.

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

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