Zeros

Pennsylvania is having one of those moments where you briefly look around and wonder if somebody accidentally changed the channel, to a black-and-white television program from 1962 . Not because anything important happened. Not because aliens landed in Harrisburg . Not because someone outlawed rock music or invented a new sandwich involving canned tuna and green beans . No. We are doing this because David Wecht — son of the legendary Allegheny County coroner and TV personality Cyril Wecht — has ceremoniously switched political parties from Democrat to Republican, and naturally John Fetterman has thoughts. And the overwhelming feeling is not outrage. It’s not excitement. It’s not even confusion. It’s the sensation of getting trapped inside the American Adventure pavilion at EPCOT after two iced teas , and realizing the animatronics are still arguing about Hubert Humphrey. The funniest part is that everyone keeps trying to explain this as if it’s some earth-shattering i...