Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I wondered how long it would take for pundits to start singing a familiar tune: Our enemy, Vladimir Putin in this case, is unhinged.
Not long at all. Within days, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki appeared to hint that the Russian leader might be suffering the effects of COVID isolation. Apparently, Putin, lacking the healthy social interaction of a well-adjusted human being, lost his mind in COVID lockdown and decided to break the tedium with the invasion of a neighboring country.
The Daily Beast suggested that Putin is “clinically…
