I’ve gotten a bit of opportunistically scolding email from people, determined to wag their fingers at me for expressing my lack of interest in the Abramoff scandal. I think people don’t understand. I only post things in the Corner I’m interested in posting about. That means all sorts of vital and important stories go by the wayside, at least in terms of what I write about in here (columns etc are different). That’s the fun of the Corner. I conceded the story is important and that I think Abramoff should go to jail etc. But I fail to understand why it is my shortcoming if I don’t share others’ fascination with the story. I suppose in the future I should just lie and say I’m “shocked” like all good progressives for appearance’s sake.