As I remember it, Foundation by Isaac Asimov is about how outmarriage, like a Joker in a marked deck (personified by the Mule) could destroy the History of civilization envisioned by Hari Krishna. Strangely, it's not described that way by Wilentz.

Posted at February 28, 2008 8:26 AM in response to Obama in a Valley of Insinuations and Lies