As the Wall Street Journal staffs up to broaden its appeal, bemuse­ment here over the WSJ plan.

The focus on Amer­ica seems odd. Is the U.S. cry­ing out for a national news­pa­per? Won’t widen­ing the WSJ offer­ing neces­sar­ily reduce the busi­ness focus?

After all if you want to lose money with a con­ser­vat­ive national daily — why not try the Wash­ing­ton Times? Maybe I’m miss­ing something…