One-single-solitary 84-year-old woman went missing and the United States collective of shallow-mined pop-culture morons took interest gigantically disproportionate to any reasonable reaction. While no question troubling, maybe even tragic, why is it that this single event has such out-sized relevance?

According to the FBI, over half-a-million people in the US go missing every year. That is roughly 1400-a-day. Do all 1400 get helicopters flying around looking for them? Does the President go on the TV every day and lament the tragedy of it all? Do entire police agencies stop what they’re doing and hold news conferences to keep a nervous nation up-to-date on the latest developments?

Obvious to anyone paying attention, the elderly mother of a popular TV host is infinitely more important than the thousands of nameless and faceless mere mortals gone missing.

What a sad and damning commentary on the American psyche.

Just a reminder, while the FBI was offering $50k for information about missing person Mrs. Guthrie, another 1400 American went missing as well, no rewards, no recognition. Yet FOX news is covering this single, tragic story like it is the 2nd coming of the Lord. The last time a sitting US President took a personal interest in a civilian abduction was back in 1932 when the Lindbergh baby was abducted. So much for the myth that all lives are of equal value….

While news outlets camp out in the front yard of this woman’s home, say a prayer for the thousands of families that suffer in obscurity.