It irritates me that, in the wake of the loss of the Shuttle, Glenn Reynolds can say in one breath,

This won’t traumatize people the way Challenger did because (1) it’s not the first time; and (2) we’re at war now, and people’s calculations of such things—especially post-WTC—are different.

and then a few paragraphs later in the same post complain that French television isn’t giving it enough coverage because, you know, they’re French and hate us and all. Bleah. Give it a rest, already.