The case against the penny, made by David Owen in The New Yorker, is compelling. It needs to be abolished. Isaac Chotiner's on board as is the mighty blog king Sullivan. Bill Safire was beating this drum years ago.
You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of zinc!
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