It's All Fun and Games Until Your Way of Life Implodes

I love the Internet and not just because you couldn't have a blog - short for "weblog" - if it wasn't for the World Wide Web. That said, it hasn't all been positive, and we owe it to ourselves to have an honest accounting of the Internet's impact on America.

-The first casualty was the music business.

-The second casualty was empathy.

-The third casualty is apparently democracy.

Let's Have an Orderly Rapture People!

Against a backdrop of questionable "end times" predictions, you have to give kudos to the New York Police Department for their very thoughtful response. As reported by New York City's Fox Network affiliate, the departmental attitude was: "We don't plan any additional coverage for the end of the world. Indeed, if it happens, fewer officers will be required for streets that presumably will be empty." Move along, people - no tribulations here.