MICHIO KAKU: HAS A SPEEDING NEUTRINO really overturned Einstein? “Reputations may rise and fall. But in the end, this is a victory for science. No theory is carved in stone. Science is merciless when it comes to testing all theories over and over, at any time, in any place. Unlike religion or politics, science is ultimately decided by experiments, done repeatedly in every form. There are no sacred cows. In science, 100 authorities count for nothing. Experiment counts for everything.”

Remember this when people tell you the science is “settled.”

FAIL: Watching Attack Watch . . . Do Nothing for the Past Nine Days.

AT AMAZON, markdowns in Tools & Home Improvement.

DAY BY DAY on marriage.

AS WELFARE STATE COLLAPSES, GREEKS SUFFER AND FEAR FUTURE: “Sitting in the modest living room of the home she shares with her parents, husband and two teenage children, Stella Firigou fretted about how the family would cope with the uncertainties of an economy crashing all around them. But she was adamant about one thing: she would not pay a new property tax that was the centerpiece of a new austerity package announced this month by the Greek government. . . . Critics say the country has failed to adequately crack down on tax evasion among the wealthiest segments of society — and failed to carry out more focused cuts because it is reluctant to take on some public-sector unions that protect a small, powerful cadre of workers who have deep ties to the governing Socialist Party.”

TAKING YOUR BREATH AWAY: Quite literally.

WILL “SUPER WI-FI” live up to its name?

LEE SMITH: What Hath Obama Wrought. “Some have praised President Obama’s September 20 speech at the U.N. as his most rousing defense of Israel to date. Perhaps so—though that’s not saying much. It rather seems to us that the president merits some credit—but only some—for a growing self-awareness, both of his own limits and of the finer points of American Middle East policy.”

HOW STATE LAWMAKERS pump up their pensions in ways that you can’t.

SCIENCE: Study: Power without status can lead to to rudeness, even abuse. “A new study by three universities shows that people holding positions of power with low status tend to demean others, one of the authors said.”

ELIZABETH WARREN as teaching tool. “And, by the way, is the only thing taxes pay for is education, roads and police protection? Is that it? If that’s all our taxes paid for, Elizabeth, my, we’d be pretty cool with that.”

As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it’s always for teachers, firemen, and police — but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of.

Plus, for Warren, some remedial reading.

THIS WEEK in the future.

THOUGHTS ON Television, Truth, And Reality from Peter Wehner.

BOOKS: New Releases In History.

JEFF CARTER: Coming Out As Conservative In A Blue City.

JOHN HAWKINS: 5 Ways To Screw Up Your Life With The Internet.

CHANGE: Millions Shut Out of Mortgage Refinancing, Fed Study Shows. “About 2.3 million homeowners could have refinanced their mortgages last year if they didn’t owe more than their homes were worth or if lending standards weren’t so strict, according to a Federal Reserve study.”

FROM THE NASA PORK-PROTECTION BEAT: Virginia rocket-launch site suggestion a KSC ‘betrayal.’

SOLAR INDUSTRY LEADER: Solyndra Is Our Enron.

“THINK DIFFERENT?” Not In Higher Education.

Many in higher ed believe the analogy with businesses doesn’t apply to them. They think they have a corner on the credential business and right now a credential is the ticket to most good jobs.

Whenever a new competitor enters the higher-education market and tries something different, those at traditional colleges criticize the newcomers as not understanding pedagogy. Just see the negative comments on recent Chronicle articles about online education or StraighterLine, which offers self-paced introductory courses but not degrees.

But what if higher ed lost its grip on the credential business? Perhaps then administrators and professors would be forced to think that there is more than one way to provide a college education.

And as the higher education bubble bursts, that will happen.

BACK TOGETHER: The Legendary V-Roys.

AMERICA’S top states for business.

MARK STEYN ON EUROPE: It’s the end of the world as we know it. You shouldn’t feel fine.

SHOULD PARDONED FELONS have gun rights?