Politics: Holy crap what is going down in the Middle East!?! Kicking dictators in the ass must feel unbelievable

Books: Jasper Fforde is my current favorite author of fiction. Naomi Klein for nonfiction.

Zombie Movies/Comix/Books/Lore: Somehow the idea of the dead rising up against us is less disturbing than some of the real things that happen out there. At least during a Zombie Apocalypse you know which side you're on.

Economics: Yeah I know. Economics is a huge boring downer, 'specially now. But that's where all the things we know about value and exchange are kept.
Even fubar has an economy, and some of you folks are more savvy and quick than any RL economist on making your way in here. But out there information about money and what it REALLY is, is kept down low, away from where we can see the truth of it. That's why I like studying economics. I like turning on the lights.