Timothy Noah Rocks

That's really all this post is here to say. To see why I think so, just read this piece in Slate, which links to this discussion on PBS's NewsHour. I may say something more detailed at another time.

[Update: just to keep it all in one place. Noah rocks here too. And especially here, where it becomes a question of community standards. When I one day write a novel about academic sleuthing I'm going to call my protagonist Noah Kearns Slate (the search terms I just used).]