Very Serious People have noticed the demise of Twinkies:The Twinkie Manifesto informs us (me) that Twinkies sponsored "The Howdy Doody Show." Didn't know that!Paul Krugman quickly pivots to 1950s tax rates for top earners (90%) explaining why they too had to lunch on twinkies and ate from brown paper bags.

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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