HOORAY FOR AMAZON

Thanks to Virginia Postrel’s close friendship with Jeff Bezos, no less, the problem is now definitively fixed. Here’s part of Jeff’s email: “On behalf of everyone here, I’m sorry this took too long to put right. It really was screwed up by the earthquake… Thanks again for using the system. You are obviously doing something very worthwhile since you’re getting so many contributions.” OK, Jeff, all is forgiven. Thanks to Virginia too for helping out with this. Her own superb website is well worth a visit. Meanwhile – let the experiment continue. Click right down there on the right. And thanks to all of you who have already done so.