I don’t know that they often assume people should care; it’s just that what they say gets reported on whereas what the rest of us say doesn’t. People ask their opinion on things, then they publish them.

I don’t think it’s fair to say “not him—his wife” earned it. I don’t hear that too often when wives are given posthumous honors for husbands, but more to the point: he lost his wife. That’s devastating, and he’s the one left behind. I’m not saying it took the same bravery that she had to run in and give her life to…