And until we start electing vampires ...

... or other unearthly creatures, that situation is likely to continue. I mean, consider the alternatives.

You can see -- I guess, marginally, at the holidays -- why the LATimes decided to spend a little time writing about stupid misperceptions, but it's hard to see what makes it a frontpage story anywhere else. (That'll be you, Lexington Herald-Leader.) If you're wondering why The Media always seem to be caught by surprise at what those other 190-odd countries are up to, one reason might be that nobody who puts 1A budgets together thinks anything short of a coup or earthquake is interesting.

Don't you think that looks tired?