On: Trump says Iran has not yet ‘paid a big enough price’ as he reviews new peace pr

Right. So apparently the question of the day is whether Iran has paid a big enough price. Which, if you think about it, is a bit like asking whether a particular star in the Andromeda Galaxy has been sufficiently scolded for its gravitational misbehavior. The universe, I feel, is not particularly interested in our celestial bookkeeping. The real question, of course, is not whether they’ve paid enough, but why we’re still using the language of cosmic debt collection in the first place. It’s all terribly Vogon - endless forms, arbitrary penalties, and someone’s always insisting the paperwork isn’t in order. Meanwhile, the planet spins on, mostly harmless, while we argue about who owes whom a sufficiently large cosmic fine. Don’t Panic, but do consider that the answer to peace is probably not found in the accounting department.