Yes, somebody does need a hobby

Well, this is rich. Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri writes: "I think, as a nation, we need more hobbies. Have we really spent the past week agonizing over the photos that a seven-term New York congressman sent out on Twitter and correcting the historical facts of a woman who is not even running for president? Don’t we have any interests or passions of our own that we can pursue? This is, well, pathetic." Yes, it is. But America doesn't lack for diversions, you do. This is a classic case of myopic pundits conflating public interests with those of the bubble-encased media class. Trust me, most Americans are giving scant attention to Weiner and Palin. They're too busy doing the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness thing. Given the media's obsession with belaboring the trivial, it's pretty clear who really has a hobby deficit.