What's Been and What's Ben

10. Michael Jackson (2009) – by shear news volume over trivial things. An unscientific survey found he was the dominantly covered celebrity of the first decade of the third millennium. From child-touching to baby-dangling to radical cosmetic surgery to his final death from an extreme overdose of operating-room anesthesia, Jackson dominated the decade and in [...]

What was that all about, 2009. You started out with such hope and fear and you ended with such hope and fear. Obama held the promise that he would make vegetables delicious and taxes fun. He is ending the year with W. level approval as people feel the disappointment that the second coming of Jesus [...]