If The Next Pope Really Wants To Modernize...

Last week produced so much fodder I hardly know which direction to look for inspiration.

There was the moment when cowardly politicians opted for a spot of vacation rather than confronting sequestration head on—a topic especially worthwhile, since the damaging automatic cuts that make up sequestration were intended to force a cowardly congress into action. North Korea apparently tested a nuclear warhead, a fascinating prospect for a nation as yet incapable of mastering electric light, internal combustion engines or the simple act of feeding its population.

A study appeared suggesting that Pres...