So the thing is, if Hitler had not been so very Hitler, Germany would almost certainly have gotten the atomic bomb first. But he chased out great minds like Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, and Albert Einstein. Einstein's influence was great enough that his was probably the decisive voice in FDR's decision to start (and lavishly fund) the Manhattan Project.

It's amazing what a difference 48 hours can make. I've written four pieces today for @PJMedia_com and for the first time in years — four? five? SIX? — not one of them was written in anger. Happy & productive & happily productive is a nice way to be.

So if you're interested, the links are below.

True story.

Last week, I had a @FedEx package that required a signature (my favorite Spanish brandy that has no Colorado distributor) so I kept my ears out for the FedEx guy that day it arrived. Met him out in the driveway and he was super-friendly. On time, too, so it isn't like FedEx screws up every delivery here. Despite the official-looking FedEx truck and uniform, he works for a local contractor that takes care of the "last mile" part of deliveries. He told me I was supposed to have two packages (including the one that's *still* missing)...