In northeastern Italy, where most of the fine Pinot Grigio hails from (yes, damn it, there is fine Pinot Grigio), the wine hits the table alongside nearly everything ending in "o, " from risotto to prosciutto, though probably not stinco (braised veal shanks).

FORBES: Pinot Gris makes the Pinot family proud.

This is life for the 8, 000 Syrians who fled everything, hoping for something but ending up with little.

CNN: Scavenging for food, Syrian children witness war

There is quite a lot of idle talk about the world not ending on 1 March and that everything will be sorted out in a couple of weeks.

BBC: US naval workers all at sea as sequester looms

While that will make the task of ending denial harder, it also means what's at risk is, quite simply, everything we hold to be important.

CNN: The Earth is full