Great article in the LA Times and I immediately thought of all those mumsnet threads ranting about columns in the Sunday papers. I think it does point out nicely the point of opinion columns in the papers, and that all our letters of outrage are fairly ineffectual and useless.
"I get that you have opinions you want to share. That's great. You're the Person of the Year. I just don't have any interest in them. First of all, I did a tiny bit of research for my column, so I'm already familiar with your brilliant argument. Second, I've already written my column, so I can't even steal your ideas and get paid for them."
Made me smile, anyway.