Robots Have A Rich And Storied History

I've Worked As Someone's Deputy, And Now It's Time For Me To Run Something. It's Time For Me To Run My Own Shop.

This Has Always Been The Way Of Presidential Politics. The President Rises Above The Fray While His Surrogates Go On The Attack. They Throw The Spears And Fling The Mud; He Sits Upon The Throne.

Memories Of The Last Nine Years Have Turned Ground Zero From A Site Of Horror, To A Reminder Of Grief, To An Occasion For Ludicrous Artistic Posturing - And Now To Something Very Close To Parody.

The Classic Rule Of Thumb Is That If You Are An Intellectual Ideological Magazine, You Do Better In Opposition Than You Do If Your Views Are Reflected By People In Power.

Why, Listening To Obama Talk About His Economic Triumphs Over The Last Three Years Might Make You Want To Move To The Country He Was Describing. Too Bad That Country Exists Primarily In His Own Head.