Ramesh and Jonah, three years ago, I delighted in quoting Thomas Sowell, who said this in his column: “Nightmare for the 2008 presidential election: Hillary Clinton versus John McCain. I wouldn’t know whether to vote Libertarian or move to Australia.”

Now, Sowell was kidding, of course. And we’ll need him more than ever, these next four years, or eight: to give us comfort and clarity.