One wonders if there is any relationship between the economy being in the toilet and 'escapist' reporting?
Good observation in the reflection of arts, which any escapist concept is part.
Aliens might be nice, because for the neocons, they could provide some other group to blame.
Must really suck to be a neocon.
Think about it. Your idols Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, and Michael Dukakis were all thoroughly spanked. So, you jump on the republican bandwagon, to watch Bush I lose to Clinton, and Bush II escape from Gore only with special help, barely escape witless John Kerry, and leave office as one of the worst presidents in American history, while your latest hope lost to Obama.