Everything from wealth disparities to cars is becoming increasingly stratified. The polar ends are pulling apart, leaving little in the middle. There is no happy median any more, because there is no medium. There are three blades on a razor, and they vibrate.

Forbes Magazine recently reported that there are currently 313 billionaires living in the United States, the most ever recorded. This summer, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the percentage of people living in poverty had risen from 12.1 in 2002 to 12.5 in 2003.

Reebok signed a 3-year-old child to a commercial contract in exchange for a college trust fund that might threaten his eligibility with the NCAA (I can't believe I just wrote that).

Other young, albeit older, children are more sedentary than vegetation, forsaking real life for video games and The Real World.

Fast food restaurants provide the most easily identifiable manifestations of polarization. Until "Super Size Me" debuted, McDonald's had a super-size option, and Wendy's still has a biggie-size alternative.

Poppa John's doesn't even offer a medium pizza - the only make a small, large or extra-large. They do, however, offer a delicious dipping sauce and a jalape