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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Observercast

I Don’t Really Own That Ridiculous Muscle Car. Let Me Explain.

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BY FROMA HARROP My older brother in Florida owns a 2007 Ford Mustang Shelby. It has 500 horsepower and a six-speed manual transmission. Color: gimme-another-ticket red. When I visited, he let me drive it. Driving this paragon of the American muscle car gave me new insight into a culture that is foreign to me but […]

Froma Harrop
Froma Harrop
Harrop is an American writer and author. She is best known for her bi-weekly syndicated column which appears in about 200 news outlets including the Seattle Times, Newsday, Denver Post, Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic, Detroit News, and Real Clear Politics and The Providence Journal. She is represented by Creators Syndicate Inc. in Los Angeles. Media Matters ranks her column 20th nationally in total readership and 14th in large newspaper concentration.