Kathryn: It is cruel of you to taunt me with Linda, who seems to have

stopped responding to my e-mails. On the main point, though: Yes, I do

believe this is the first time I have read all through an article on the

case, though of course I have picked up the outlines from chat & background

media noise.

The Newspaper of Record gets as many minutes as it takes me to scarf down a

bowl of Quaker Oats fortified with raisins and a banana, and drink a glass

of OJ. I mainly read the Op-Ed pages and comics, and just leaf through the

rest. TV talking-head shows I listen to with a wi-fi set-up — a pair of

earphones receiving from a gadget plugged into the back of the TV, with the

TV speakers muted, so the kids can do music practice while I do O’Reilly.

The earphones have a button I can press to mute them, too, & get back to my

book for 5 minutes; and that button gets lots of usage, even during the

O’Reilly show…