Just because the Attention-Whore Index goes on a little vacation doesn’t mean the attention whores do. It’s not in their DNA. Attention-whoredom is a calling, one that requires a 24/7 commitment, and the best practitioners know better than to take five. But before we check in on them again, we should report the top finishers from our most recent competition, which was in late June: Donald Trump, 33 percent; Steve Bannon, 23 percent; Ron DeSantis, 20.7 percent; and The Washington Post, 15.1 percent.

Seems so long ago, doesn’t it? Nothing much has really happened since then.