Whatever Jonah is on for his optimism, it must be different from whatever Derb’s pessimism pills.

Beyond that, aren’t we everywhere today, despite the scatteredness? Jonah writes about Elmo, Derb writes about his acid trip. What a trip NRO can be, eh?

Though now that I think about it, I guess the case can be made that dear Elmo is not that far off from an acid trip.