New York Times Global Edition

Today, when I logged in to find out if the world had ended, I discovered the NYTimes now lets you switch between the "Global Edition" and the "US Edition". It's like an online personality quiz! Are you an insulated, ignorant American, or a well heeled, well traveled cosmopolitan?

Here's a few of the differences....

1) At the upper right, in the Global Edition they have a scrolling table of top global stories. In the US edition, that space is taken by an opinion column on the Civil War. GE +1

2) In the US edition, the article about Hillary's contact with Iran is down in the lower left, with no picture. In the Global edition, it's front and center, with a picture of Hillary smiling. GE +2

3) In the Global Edition, there is a soccer story on the front page. In the same spot, the US Edition has a bunch of little stories about Fox News, Facebook, and a special election in NY. No points, those are all stupid.

4) Also buried in the short story link for the US Edition is the Khmer Rouge Apology. On the Global page, it's posted more prominently, as it's own piece. GE +1

5) Both have a poll about how you feel about the economy. Fun! Both -1

6) The US Edition has movies reviews, in the same spot the Global Edition has world stocks. This is a toss up for me. I think they're both horribly depressing, because I hate modern pop culture. Both -1

7) The Global Edition has some story about Japan's exports I can find nowhere on the US side. Seriously, why would I care about Japanese exports? It's not like they took over our car industry or anything. GE +1

8) The Global Edition's entire rt lower side is taken up by a huge Cartier ad. The US Edition has a much smaller ad, for The Weekender ie itself. Lame. US -1

So, in conclusion, I now have yet another way for me to stroke my liberal prep school ego and feel much more educated, and therefore more entitled, than I did before. I love being part of the pseudo intellectual elite, itmakes it easier to forgive yourself when you buy paper plates because you hate doing dishes.