I THINK THIS IS IMPRACTICAL for a number of reasons, but reader Alan Martin suggests Arnold Schwarzenegger as a replacement for Kofi Annan:

* Proven executive talent.
* Euro-accent.
* Derails 99 44/100ths% of the fuss over repealing the Natural Born
Citizen qualification.
* Places the onus on critics to explain why he’s any *less* qualified
than the man he’d be replacing.
* Establishes an environment where the chattering classes would be so
busy ridiculing him they wouldn’t have the energy to oppose him.
They’d wake up one day to find the institution irreversibly fixed.

Heh. It’s fun to think about. And it’s amazing just how many candidates do well in the “places the onus” department. . . .

Meanwhile, here’s a critical response to the New York Times’ defense of Kofi this morning.