[Torie]

LOL. You are a pretty good counter-puncher. Easterbrook is pretty good at referring to sources, and I assume he does so extensively in his books. But he was writing for Time. Just like the Saltonstalls (or is it the Chafees?) only speak to the Lodges, and the Lodges only to God, here Easterbrook is speaking only to Time, with Time only speaking to God. Time has that Olympian self confidence, that if it publishes it, one need not refer to other mere mortals for authenticity. That would be looking down, when Time looks only up.

[AmishDude]

LOL. You are a pretty good counter-puncher.

Know your enemy. -- Sun Tzu

Well, probably Sun Tzu, what do I know? I never read Sun Tzu. Anyway, I know how you think by now. It's easy to engage in a good -- if contentious -- conversation with you.

You seem to be a fan of his work. I wonder if this is an example eerily similar to Republicans getting an op-ed in the New York Times. The Shuttle program is a pet project of Easterbrook (which, frankly, is a topic that makes him a bit hysterical) and Time takes the opportunity to use a well-respected journalist through whom they can speak.

and the Lodges [speak] only to God,

Hey, if there's something you need me to pass on, let me know. After all, mathematics is the language of the Almighty.