A friend of mine writes, “Hey, has Butch Otter made your ‘great names’ list yet?” I answer, “Who’s Butch Otter? An Olympian I’ve missed?” No, he’s the governor of Idaho. That position has a history of names. It was once occupied by Dirk Kempthorne, a name some people said sounded like a porn star. (He’s now secretary of the interior — a perfectly respectable employment.)