Wow.

Talk about a perfect time for a Nobel Prize for Paul Krugman. Dr. K has been prophesying and predicting and critiquing and proving the mis-, mal- and other feasance of this US administration and its ideological drivers since he took the columnist spot at the New York Times in 1999. Perhaps the most unlikely but necessary victory was to lend his economic expertise to creating consistently engaging and memorable columns, studded with great puns and data in equal measure.

And now that the temple is falling not just in the USA but around the world -- can you think of a better moment in time to earn an award renowned worldwide as the pinnacle of scientific and academic achievement?

Of course, the detractors are sharpening up their pointy sticks, one calling this prize the worst choice ever. If they attack the prize itself, they may have a little problem, my guess is they will go the geezer route and shake their canes, crying "The kids these days! Handbasket! Lawks, me poor old feet!"

Never mind. Paul, ya done good.

Noni