It took the storming of Tripoli, an earthquake and a hurricane, but the dramatic events of this August at last conspired to force President Obama to prove he’s willing to forgo a little R&R, after all. (Although, personally, I think it was the president’s completion of the golfing trifecta that did it. You know how too much fun can eventually pall on you, such that a work routine begins to look appealing again?