BRIAN DOHERTY: “I’ve watched with growing distress this past week as many interesting cultural iconclasts I admire for various reasons who can usually be counted on to be aware and skeptical of government power to at least some degree, from John Perry Barlow to Adam Parfrey to Oliver Stone, have swooned over the mighty Obama and his world-changing powers. . . . Being surrounded by a creepy-happy adoring Cult of the Great Leader makes me…uncomfortable, to be sure.” It’s the glamour. Or maybe a cult of personality.