A reader writes

Just a line that cracked me up (of which George Will has more than a few):

Politicians have extraordinary shoulder joints that enable them to pat themselves on the back, and last week the president, a master of that calisthenic, performed it in the Rose Garden.

Well, when swatting a fly is treated like one of the Herculean Feats, it’s probably not too surprising that our Third Leader from Generation Narcissus should be filled with a warm sense of self-affirmation for everything he does. It’s what Generation Narcissus does best.