Derb – Wow do I think you and your correspondent are wrong. Sure, it’s always possible the Corner or NRO has spent too much time on this or that topic (a very common problem in the Corner, hence the anti-Star Trek ban on Madame Lopez). But, A) the Joe Wilson thing is very important because he is — perhaps second to Howard Dean — the man most responsible for the “Bush lied about the war” meme. Countless other arguments and half-truths gained credibility by standing on Wilson’s shoulders. You may not have the patience to follow the fine print on the Wilson stuff, but that doesn’t mean it’s not important. Just as I couldn’t follow every consonant rich detail of Yugoslavia’s implosion, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t important.

B) If your correspondent’s father is an editorial muckety-muck at a “major” daily newspaper and he simply hasn’t been following the Joe Wilson flap, I hope his newspaper didn’t editorialize about the “16 words” and whatnot last year. Because if he thought that stuff was important when Bush was being called a liar but suddenly has lost interest when the chief accuser has been exposed as a fraud, then shame on that editor.

C) Lastly, since when is the merit of what we discuss around here measured by whether or not “voters” care about it?