In a way, it was refreshing to see other news overshadow Pfc. Jessica Lynch’s return to her hometown yesterday (she’s now the most famous thing in West Virginia not named after Robert C. Byrd); she’s a great story, but the media has overdone it at times. Lynch seemed normal — neither overwhelmed by the attention nor unduly taken by it. Good for her; she’s been through a lot. (For a taste of why Americans were so worried about how she’d be treated by Iraq, check out this recent judicial opinion, in PDF form, with some graphic detail of how our POWs were treated in the last Iraq war).