I don't know if I am qualified to assess this article except as an observant human being, so I want to disclaim any ability to comment on Woodward's sources and psychological and social conclusions.

From the standpoint of an observant human being, what she says is obvious. A conversation with a friend this week echoed what some commentators have also noted, namely that George Bush is supremely disconnected from the real disasters that his regime has created. My friend remarked that Lyndon Johnson was clearly anguished over Viet Nam. At the very least, he was able to see that there would be consequences for himself and he did not seek reelection. Richard Nixon never did take responsibility for his actions, but he, too, was clearly not entirely unaware of the fact that things were not going well and that there were consequences for him.

George Bush goes on as though everything is fine. He appears to be completely dissociated from any of the disasters he has created and worsened. Maureen Dowd for one notes this. (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08077/865715-35.stm)

I was struck by the characteristics of psychopaths that do seem to be evident behind the behavior of corporate leaders who despoil the world and their companies, retire or resign not in infamy but with huge severance packages, not to say those who "succeed" and just go on despoiling and exploiting. Government leaders support them and behave in similar ways, witness Bush.

As a leader of a small performing arts ensemble with a counter cultural collaborative model of creation, I was glad to see that what we do on a micro level is what is needed in the world. Maybe my life is not in vain; maybe we are making a contribution that is, at least, not exploiting and despoiling in our little corner of the world. How to revolutionize on a larger scale, I don't know.