Twilight: Atkins writes, the PCAOB settles, and the SEC tosses more cases

It's getting dark outside earlier and several discordant notes have been added to the musical score.

All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
There is no such thing as the State
And no one exists alone;
Hunger allows no choice
To the citizen or the police;
We must love one another or die.

An excerpt from September 1, 1939 W. H. Auden

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