Who's up and who's down in my appreciation

Martin Wolf is world-class every time he opens his mouth, plus he's just a blast to hang around. Real thrill.

Minxin Pei remains the most reasonable and intelligent thinker on China.

Steve Kobrin from Wharton is very impressive.

Simon Tay from Singapore is also very impressive.

Ronnie Chan, Chairman of Hang Lung Property in Hong Kong, simply blew me away. This guy is Warren Buffet-like smart, and hugely entertaining.

Schelling lived up to his Nobel billing--natch. He heads to Iran soon to see if he can find anyone who knows anything there about what it means to have nukes. No matter. He plans on telling them a thing or two. Keep an eye on that one.

I was less impressed by a bunch of other big names, whom I've only know by reputation. Since I have nothing nice to say about them, I'll leave it at that.

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I was at a celebration for Judge Bill Duffy. They had a quiz and one of the questions was: was does Bill say about someone he doesn't like? The answer (known by everyone in attendance) if Bill doesn't have something good to say, he says nothing. Good policy to follow.

BTW, Duffy served as a leader of the Dems in Wisconsin after WWII, so you can see just how much politics has changed.