It doesn’t get any better than this. What a day of unmitigated good. And brought to you by…the people. 20 years ago today, they walked west, across the wall, to freedom.

At the same time, we can’t forget that this date is also the anniversary of the unleashing of unmitigated evil, November 9 also being the date of Kristallnacht (1938), the night when racist rhetoric turned into full-throttle, people-powered genocidal action.

People power. Hmmm. Kind of like fire.  It must be handled carefully…as Paul Krugman warns today.