Sleight of Mind

I’ve heard a lot about “sleight of hand”. Is there such a thing as “sleight of mind”?

———- from Lewis MacLeod of Boulder, CO

There are many out there with sleight minds, but most of them try not to advertise the fact. The magic disappearing brain is part of a federal program to encourage cranial equity, to each according to need, and from each according to ability. Many a lobotomized politician was once a bright lawyer, before he or she made the ultimate sacrifice. Those with sleight hands usually end up becoming classical pianists, playing Chopin or Ravel, wearing ascots, and are usually consumptive.