The Work of Being Wrong

The big awards and fat paydays go to the folks who write the best alibis for being wrong

Happens to the best of us

The famously wrong man gets paid for his alibis. He spends an hour or two each day in his home office typing predictions that won't come true before heading off to the "Chinese massage." The national newspaper prints what he writes. They pay him handsomely for it. Nobody remembers what he wrote six months ago. They only know his…