I sometimes wonder what I’m doing in the news business.

There are two big stories at the moment. One of them excites the general

public but leaves us policy/society/culture wonks unshaken and unstirred.

That’s the item about the woman missing in the Caribbean. The other big

story is the Wilson/Plame/Rove thing, which has the policy wonks all

a-frenzy, but (from my personal contacts) is a snoozefest for Joe Public.

I couldn’t (or, pace Warren, could) care less about either story and wish

they’d both go away. But it doesn’t look as though they ever will.

Time for a vacation, perhaps.