“The question is not: Is it time to change the $50 bill? The question is: What’s taking us so long, and why are we considering only one bank note? The current lineup of faces — George Washington ($1), Thomas Jefferson ($2), Abraham Lincoln ($5), Alexander Hamilton ($10), Andrew Jackson ($20), Grant ($50), Benjamin Franklin ($100) — has been around since 1929. The world has changed beyond recognition, but you’re carrying around bills that look pretty much the same as the ones your great-grandfather carried around during the Great Depression. Money was not always synonymous with monotony.” (03/18/10)