Another comedian takes power

It has been several years since Dr. X's review of A Man Like Me was almost nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, so perhaps the details of the career of Icelandic comedian Jón Gnarr are not fresh in your mind.

Well, here is an update:

• His new political party, founded in December, is The Best Party. 
• He has been elected Mayor of Reykjavik
• His campaign had a lot of good jokes, including the promise of "a drug-free parliament by 2020".
• He refuses to form a coalition with any party whose members have not seen all five seasons of The Wire.
• Now he's in The New York Times.

Why can't we have government like this?

Meanwhile, on the basis of his cultural and political achievements, I nominate this guy for the Eisengeiste Hall of Honor, or whatever we decide to call it.