Clearly, this man has never felt threatened by anyone in power.

> Any cabdriver, barber or internet troll can mouth off about his crackpot hypotheses; but if a president accidentally lets slip an authentic, uncensored thought it's called a "gaffe" and costs him approval points.

Sorry, but what year does this guy think it is? We have had a paranoid extremist in office for two years now and his approval ratings have been remarkably stable.

I’m at a loss for words to describe my despair (and lack of surprise) that the NYT has published this self-congratulating, contrarian tripe.