Stirling Newberry:

>But it gets worse, he is ill mannered, and offends many people from polite
>society.  He's involved in radical politics and is often told to cool it
>when he utters remarks which disparge the right wing government and its
>leader - a man who he doesn't regard as being legitimately in power.  He
>fights with his publisher, he utters scathing attacks on the stupidity of
>critics.  How can he expect to get good press when he calls them idiots
>and morons?

Lot's of physicists show signs now and then,of wanting to be Einstein.
Now, for the first time, I see that at least one (fictional of course!!)
composer wants to be Beethoven.

I wonder if Lew can somehow find the self discipline to alter his behavior
in ways that don't compromise his core beliefs.  Or is he so self indulgent
and self righteous that any change is perceived as a sell-out? I remember
reading a quotation from George Bernard Shaw - what is this fuss about
losing your soul, he asked - I do it a couple of times a day.

Bernard Chasan