The latest fad in worldwide rifts is not East/West, North/South, Rich/Poor -- nor even Love Britney/Hate Britney. Rather it is the "Digital Divide" -- the gap between those who are prepared to live in our brave new world of information technology and those who are not.

Which means woe is me -- because the Digital Divide rips right through my house. I stand on one side, casually and quietly sipping my coffee . . . while on the other side sits my wife, screaming at our computer.

"The darn thing broke! It won't open my file!"