You’ve posed the same question repeatedly, (foolishly) expecting that a dazzling answer would appear magically across the sky like a biplane dragging a glitzy banner over N. Myrtle Beach, reading “Eat At Hamburger Joe’s.” The question: Why are human beings the most defective of all God’s creatures? Predictably, to find a silver lining, you will offer a mountain of evidence proving that the question itself is defective. You will offer proof of Mankind’s virtue, nobility, achievement, generosity,  faithfulness and courage. You will present an irrefutable case that validates the inexorable march of Mankind toward a more enlightened, lofty world. But wait up. While you’re marching, please explain Mankind’s virtues to Chris Stevens who was brutally murdered on American soil in Benghazi on 9/11/12. Tell it to the thousands incinerated on 9/11/01. And while you sit confidently on your mountaintop of human accomplishment, explain the utter dementia of countless Americans who gleefully pranced to voting booths on November 4, 2008, to select an empty suit to lead the most powerful nation on earth. This was not an original act, by the way. You don’t need to be an historical scholar to know that mass psychosis is a routine condition. In the rise of the Third Reich, the German people were not ignorant by any stretch. People’s Temple  founder Jim Jones mesmerized thousands of followers across many states for decades until the ill-fated massacre at Guyana. They were not brainless.  Known for his charisma, Benito Mussolini manipulated the Italian people who were not morons. You would be eternally grateful if you could blame the presence of blind devotion and obedience on simple stupidity. But centuries of recorded history prove something more sinister has perpetually corrupted human behavior. Absent any other explanation, this affliction must have something to do with a kind of genetic flaw — an intrinsic psychopathy. That disorder is on display in America, ostensibly a civilized, at least marginally educated, society. Americans looked at the scantiest of resumes, devoid of accomplishment, devoid of productive work, devoid of executive experience — and summarily ignored it — preferring to trust in the persuasive power of soaring rhetoric. Now, after nearly four years of utter failure, the suit is still empty. After four years, the seat of government comes closer to resembling the headquarters of organized crime. Abroad, America languishes like a listing ship waiting for the kill shot. At home, the greatest economic engine in mankind’s history groans under the weight of a fathomless debt, as massive unemployment ruins lives and creates a crippling dependency. Yet, despite his appalling performance, half the American people remain kneeling before the empty suit, forever hungry to hear his silky words of wisdom, and the confident cadence of his authority. And once again, willingly and with deliberation, they will reject a performance-packed resume for the murkiest resume in American history. They will choose a pathological liar. They will select a person, who by his own written admissions and actions, holds in his heart a bitterness for the very country you love and that he diminishes day by day. Who can figure? No one. Not the brightest light on the planet. Putting a probe on Mars is child’s play compared to analyzing or influencing human behavior. Knowledge has nothing to do with underlying human conduct. Technology can not and will not alter the genetic flaw that enslaves Mankind to repeat and repeat and repeat the lunacy from age to age. In Lawrence Of Arabia, one Sherif Ali (fictional character) said in summarizing a tragic event, “It is written.” Enough said, sadly.