If I were giving out the MacArthur Awards -- I'm not, but thanks for helping me begin associating my name with their name -- anyway, if I were distributing the checks and the Wile E. Coyote business cards, one of my first calls would be to Scott McLemee.

And to his column's comment box. Dagger on the steering wheel! Who needs sharia, or Samuel Jackson and the snakes. We've got daggers on steering wheels.