More seriously, now that I’ve had more sleep and some coffee, I read Barnett’s big Esquire article when it came out, I’ve read his blog off and on — he tears a couple of silly letter-writers a new one in the most recent entry — and I’ve got his book.

He’s got some good ideas.

He’s also got a tremendously flashy presentation, a lot of ads for his consultancy, and a (possibly justified) high opinion of just how brilliant he really is.

And he chose to push his views in a “Dear Mr President” article in Esquire, which tells me he doesn’t think the Administration is taking sufficient notice of him.

If you’re a brilliant, ambitious man who wants to be National Security Advisor (say), but don’t see the job opening up to you in the continuing Bush administration, what do you want?