Just a hunch

I'm guessing, by day's end, the closing of more than 7,000 U.S. Starbucks coffeehouses for up to three hours for training purposes will get more press than any story about foreclosures, subprime lending woes, stagflation or the cost of milk and gasoline.

Yes, we can ignore the worst economy America has seen in a decade because a chain of caffeine-slingers decides it needs to motivate its employees at the expense of people drinking coffee after 5:30 p.m.

Yes we can.