This is one of the best things I’ve seen on the news in a long time. The American president is on the lawn on a beautiful spring afternoon. He’s reading Where the Wild Stings Are to a hundred kids who are distracted by . . . a BEE. Goodness. From the screaming, you’d think Obama was presenting medical insurance to Congress. Then the president says the three coolest words of his six years in the White House. “Bees are good.”

I’d like to say that the kids settled down upon hearing the soothing tone and wise words of their president. But, as I suggested earlier, this was a Congressionalish crowd of children. One screamed out, “I’m scared.” Certainly, the child was scared. Where does that come from? Perhaps a parent who has trained the child to fear things that could be beneficial. But, as the American president said, “Bees are good.” On this, hopefully we can all agree with him.