Why is John Ettoree, who is as certain of the strength and continued relevancy of the NYT as he is of the irrelevance and pedestrian nature of “right-wing yahoos”; bothering to condescend to us on these pages? Shouldn’t he be scouring his copy of today’s NYT for the latest information of vital interest to the “people who run the world”? If he’s finished, surely a second read would prove profitable (perhaps the ads?), since he appears adamant in his belief that the Times is simply indispensable.

John Ettorre shouldn’t bother casting his pearls before the likes of these swine. Allow us to wallow, John Ettorre, in our own yahoo-ness and simple minded beliefs. We’ll let you have the NYT all to yourself. Deal?