Portrait of corruption

   The Times published this portrait the

   other day, and I thought it brought

   out so well the obsessive compulsions

   of the American President that I al-

   most overlooked the spell they've suc-

   cessfully revealed through the noble

   implement for dealing with them. I re-

   fer to that wand of superior magic,

   of instantaneous manipulation, in the

   President's anxious grasp. He, Jobs,

   and Zuckerberg have embedded their

   place in history with the abandonment

   of reflection, itself. They have very

   nearly effaced a respect for the mind,

   much less the more self-confident il-

   lusions of literacy. There will be no

   corrective mallet, only detoxification.

   We are witnessing a greatness, surely.

 

Jasjyot Singh Hans

The New York Times©