Gotham Diary:
Intermission, cont’d
15 August 2012

The humidity is flattening. Aside from my trip to the hospital for a Remicade infusion, I spent yesterday in bed. A good deal of reading got done, and even some thinking. But I am not really here. I have checked out.

Takeaway from a front-page article in yesterday’s Times:

In fact, the Germany economy sometimes resembles one big Mittelstand company: it is built for stability more than growth. Debt is bad, prudence a higher virtue than profit.

What a concept! In today’s paper, Maureen Dowd reminds us that, according to the author herself, “Ayn” rhymes with “swine.” I wish that Ayn Rand were here, to repudiate the new veep candidate and champion crockmeister.