AL GORE AND I HAVE A LOT IN COMMON, and here’s something else. I’ve managed to confine the mess to my office proper — even my study at home is fairly neat these days — but the desk they’re showing could be mine.

Some people would argue that this desk thing means we’re smarter. I’m certainly happy to be to be classed with Robert Fogel, who’s so smart he came up with the perfect solution: a second desk! That’s why he’s Nobel material and I’m not.