If you?ve seen neither his office wall nor his license plate, you might not understand the depth of John Hood?s devotion to Star Trek (though some past columns ought to offer a clue).
That?s why I?m interested to read his reaction to Newsweek?s latest cover story, which strays beyond the worthwhile exploration of Trek?s enduring impact to examine the ways in which President Obama resembles a certain Trek icon:
It’s the Spock plot strands that give the new “Trek” its best shot at once again commanding the zeitgeist. Spock’s cool, analytical nature feels more fascinating and topical than ever now that we’ve put a sort of Vulcan in the White House. All through the election campaign, columnists compared President Obama’s unflappably logical demeanor and prominent ears with Mr. Spock’s. But as Spock’s complicated racial backstory is spun out in detail in the new “Trek”?right back into childhood?the Obama parallels keep deepening.
Of course, Spock would see that bailouts, stimulus packages, and Keynesian economics are highly illogical.
