Letter: The fungus among us

I was mystified by Sen. Mike Lee’s description of President Trump as a “gift,” and by the daft post-hearing comments of Sens. Lindsey Graham and John Kennedy. All three are smart, well-educated men. What could cause them to say such absurd things? Then a clarifying analogy presented itself.I recently read a scientific article about a fungus (genus Ophiocordyceps) that infects certain ants. The fungus has the ability to commandeer the ant’s nervous system. The normal behav