"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.