Check out this op-ed in yesterday’s Financial Times by economic historian Niall Ferguson comparing Barack Obama to Felix the Cat:  ”Felix was not only black. He was also very, very lucky.”  Ferguson was in a very public spat a few months ago with The New York Times-columnist and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman about the feasibility of the Obama stimulus plan. Now that the economy is picking up thanks to the stimulus, Krugman claims victory (urging for more stimulus). Ferguson, meanwhile, is licking his wounds using a black cat trying to score some points still.

Anyone who thinks that only women can have a catfight?