Rants:

Fox News commentator Glenn Beck claimed on the Oct. 20 edition of his show that net neutrality is part of a Marxist plot, according to Media Matters. The Federal Communications Commission is planning a vote on reinstituting net neutrality in the United States.

The New York Times profiled an Associated Press reporter for its Oct. 20 edition whose job it is to cover Texas executions. Michael Graczyk has witnessed more than 300 executions and said that the experience of witnessing one can often be eerie.

Raves:

According to Bloomberg, stagehands at Carnegie Hall in New York made an average of $430,543 last year. So there’s one job that can get you through a recession.

The long-awaited successor to Microsoft Windows Vista — the oft-ridiculed computer-operating system — Windows 7, goes on sale today.