BIPOLAR STAR BLOG

Mike Tyson “fought” a sketchy bout on Netflix for $20 million. Did he get himself out of a manic money mess? The promotional videos made Tyson seem fearsome. At age 58, Tyson’s workouts and sparring sessions made him look in tip-top shape. But that version of Tyson didn’t show up, not even in the first round. 

It is tempting to view this guy as having been an embarrassment to his father’s presidency. A political liability. A shadow of the man his brother Beau was. But he’s also a presidential son with some of the same demons other presidential sons had. I suspect in his case, he has bipolar disorder.

Roughly two years ago, this blog addressed this question. Since then, Phil Mickelson has not rehabilitated his image since he left the PGA Tour. And his golf game has suffered. He's burned any bridge he had to the Champions (formerly Senior) Tour. 

Exuberant and childlike were two adjectives often used to describe our 26th president. The man bounced around like a rubber ball. Known at Harvard as a “locomotive in human pants,” one of his classmates noted of Roosevelt: “When it was not considered good form to move at more than a walk, Roosevelt was always running.” British diplomat Cecil Spring-Rice observed: “You must always remember that the president is about six.”

One Internet observer has noted that each list of notable historical figures or contemporary celebrities who may have had the disorderseems like a recruiting list for the “Bipolar Team.” An impressive team it is.