HANS BETHE DIED, but the Boston Globe had, er, different priorities.

UPDATE: Reader Richard Andrews emails:

Glenn, I live in the Boston area.

You wouldn’t believe how much news coverage this electrocuted dog story has gotten. It’s not just the globe. The local TV stations have had it as one of their top stories several days now. No disrespect to the family that lost their dog but there ARE other thing going on in the world.

I don’t watch TV news very much anymore (only for the weather), but every time I do see it, I’m reminded of why I don’t watch anymore.

As to Hans Bethe, I think that it was Robert Klein who observed “What kind of world do we live in when KISS has 10 million groupies and Jonas Salk can’t get laid?”. A little dated perhaps, but still the same point.

I think Jonas Salk actually did okay.