Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures." -- Daniel Webster
Thursday, December 12, 2002 :::
I think the floor traders are required to wear ties; it must be enforced, but it must be a rather literal rule. The style seems to be to have the knot on the chest somewhere; the ties chosen are the kind of ties you'd expect traders to wear (if you weren't addled by the picture of "Wall Street" with which some people appear to believe; it's less like the New Yorker cartoons of pigs, and more like a frat, like what Michael Lewis describes in Liar's Poker — or like what some women described in a sexual harassment lawsuit not too long ago).