The Role of Reason

Last night Colbert talked about a fit of illogic expressed by President Spanky. As you know, a Russian lawyer who met with Spanky folk during the 2016 campaign recently admitted that she had been a Russian agent acting on behalf of the Putin government. Spanky’s response was that the woman his people had met with was not really a spy answering to Putin. She had acted on her own. She was only saying she was a spy now because Putin ordered her to say it (to embarrass Spanky), and, of course, she had to obey Putin, because she is, as everybody knows, a Russian agent.

Then yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a talk in which he reminded us that in years past Iran had attempted to build nuclear weapons while keeping it a secret. The secrecy was unsuccessful, which led to a nonproliferation treaty. Iran is today subject to inspections. This reminded me that America had once successfully built nuclear bombs while keeping it a secret. Also Israel built nuclear bombs while keeping it a secret, and these countries keep building new secret bombs, not subject to inspections. 

Meanwhile the globe revolves, tumbling toward drastic changes in climate as bonobos throw dung at one another. (Somehow we’ll adjust and muddle through.)

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