“It is unlikely that we will soon have another president with the moral and rhetorical force to talk us out of a foolish commitment that cannot be sustained without shame and defeat. If it costs him his presidency, what other achievement can match it?
“As a twist, to explain why gravity is so weak (given our size relative to the Earth, it is far easier than it should be to dunk a basketball or shoot a rocket into space) some theorists consider it to be a force leaking into our universe from somewhere else, where it is much stronger.
“The foggy mystery of Palin’s popularity burns off sometimes; sometimes I am able to see in bright light why she is beloved. She is beloved because she willing to tell Americans that just because they are ignorant does not mean they are wrong.
“Economics as currently practised may have only a slight grip on market behaviour, but it seems to be powerfully predictive of the behaviour of economists.
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