Japan's boomers and seniors are among the wealthiest citizens in the world. While Japan's media still tries to reach the young and fashionable, they are starting to make special efforts to reach the older crowd too.

From an LAT column by Joel Stein, who wishes readers would just piss off and leave him alone (thanks, Kevin!).

A bisexual male TV talk show host in Pakistan whose on-screen character is a married woman has managed to slip mention of sex into his dialogue without upsetting the Islamic fundamentalists (no mean feat at the best of times).