"The Schiavo case is only slightly more consequent…

“The Schiavo case is only slightly more consequential” than Eric Zorn’s pet, the U. of Illinois mascot case, he says today.

Just when I decide I will pay no more attention to him, a headline rips my attention away from something substantial, in this case

Eric Zorn: “Just another skirmish in the culture war”

in a Tribune email.

I leave it to you to plow through Z’s head-tripping convolutions to discern his argument, which usually is a triumph of logic over experience but may not be that much in this case.