WASHINGTON — Did I waste my time last Sunday? In the morning, I was reading “The New York Times,” acquainting myself with precisely how the rich and famous live. The editors of the Times chose this story for its front page, so I figured they thought it important. It involved the Romney family and someone called Jan Ebeling. It turns out I could have spent my time otherwise.

On Sunday morning, the syndicated columnist George Will appeared on ABC News’ “This Week” and, though I failed to watch it, he ruminated over Mitt Romney’s fundraising and those donors whom he cultivates. George noted one donor in particular, Donald Trump. He called Trump a “bloviating ignoramus.” That was not the end of it. Trump detected George’s rude utterance somehow and leapt to Twitter, where he twitted — I presume that is the verb — that “George Will may be the dumbest (and most overrated) political commentator of all time.” What an exciting exchange of ideas!