As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

After that Margaret Carlson taught third grade in Watts Los Angeles before joining Nader's raiders. ) and former nurse's aide at St. Margaret Carlson is an American journalist and a columnist for Bloomberg News.

She was also a weekly panelist for CNN's Capital Gang from 1992 until its cancellation in 2002.