"Another Fine Mess..."

The Venerable Grouch writes: Do you remember when Larry Summers was fired as president of Harvard after he suggested that differences between the sexes might – might – be a reason why fewer women than men have successful careers in math and science? Nancy Hopkins, a biology professor at MIT said that, if she hadn’t left the room, she would either have "blacked out or thrown up.” I’ve often pictured this delicate creature, and others like her at the top levels of academia, having to hang all day over the edge of their toilet bowls, just remembering this loathsome hypothesis. But now I feel sure Nancy goes whistling blithely to work knowing that, as President Obama’s chief economic adviser, the dragon is harmlessly employed running the national deficit up to $9 trillion