I think I fit the profile of a news junkie, but these days, it’s hard for me not to feel overwhelmed by the news. Between the bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan, the historical massive failure of the global financial system and the latest crazy $700 billion blank check bailout, the milk crisis in China, the resignation of (now former) South-African president Mbeki and the upcoming US presidential elections, I have a hard time wrapping my head around everything and making sense of it all.

Considering I have actual work that needs to be done – it seems like a rational choice to tune out the news. We need to come up with better ways for citizens to allow them to manage the news.