Is Douglas Feith a sick puppy?
Years ago when Robert Bork was being considered for a slot on the Supreme Court, I suddenly had an insight. I realized he was nuts. I had read some of his opinions as part of my work in I/O psychology, and then when I heard about some of his other writings and saw him speak the light went off: Asperger’s syndrom. I have come to the strong suspicion that several of the leading lights in the “neocon” movement may be suffering the aftermath of similar conditions. Douglas Feith is one on my leading suspects. A competent professional (I am a psychologist, but not a clinician) would need records from the early childhoods of these people to see if the diagnosis would stick, but I think it is a serious possiblity. The basic behaviorial profile is of a very bright person–particularly good analytic skills–and absolutely no empathy or social sense. These are people who are incapable of checking the practical consequences of their “good” ideas. I have some economists on my list of suspects as we
