I've avoided writing about or discussing this at all, but if The New Yorker is covering it, I will too. Their current issue has an article about 24 and the politics of the show's creator, Joel Surnow. I only started watching the show this season (it's my new Lost), but as a liberal Democrat, I don't have a problem with it. To me, the show covers both sides of the political spectrum. But in the end, it's still just a TV show.

This next article, however, is not fiction or Hollywood. CNN has a piece about children being trained as assassins in unstable parts of the world. The first image you see — a boy of about 10 aiming an assault rifle — is disturbing enough, but even more so when you read the entire piece.

As seriously as I follow the goings-on of the world we live in, everyone needs a break, too. So instead of warm milk, I suggest a dose of cuteoverload.com before bed.

'Til next time…

Jennifer Leblanc