I'm going to go out on a limb - and assume that most readers here are either fans of public broadcasting or tacitly approve of it. I'll go on another limb and assume readers here, being generally left leaning, are college educated and would appreciate the intelligent humor of the comedy Red Dwarf.

Maybe it is my strange brain but I thought that this news story pretty much encapsulated globalization:

Who knew there were so many Twinkie diehards?

I still get alot of mail in my inbox from my days as a conservative/libertarian. I've been struck by some of the stuff I have been getting since Obama got re-elected. This one from the Tea Party News Network really stuck out: 

Dear Reader,

Most people believe the election was all about whether or not Obama will have a second term.

But it was not.

What was actually at stake was whether or not he will have a third-term.

CNN just had an interview with Carol Blue, dedicated to remembering the life of her late husband Christopher Hitchens. I love love loved Christopher Hitchens immensely for a very long time. Hitchens was a brilliant writer and his takedown of organized religion was needed immensely.

My breakdown while traveling abroad had my fondness for him all over it. When I went to school, I studied International Relations and my wanting to travel like I did wouldn't have happened if I hadn't gone in that field or idolized someone so well traveled.