When does our world end?

If there’s no last-minute agreement on “the sequester,” does the world end tomorrow? [I’m writing this not today, February 28, but on the previous Saturday, so it’s fun to think about what’s going to happen.] Of course, cuts will be made across the board, and the GOP and the Dems will point fingers at each other. But I predict that the sky won’t fall in.

What is clear, though, is that Obama is not Rocky, Biden is not Bullwinkle, and Boehner and McConnell are not Boris and Natasha. Our cartoon...