Star Trek in the New York Times...????

[Stuart G]

Today in the third paragraph of the NYT in one of the political columns......there is a reference to Star Trek, the Next Generation..(Borg Assimilation).Here is the link..
Krugman's column on the Republican Convention. I recall early on in listening to one of Olbermann's commentaries, another reference to a very obscure Star Trek Episode. What is going on in the world? .Are we all really on Enterprise in one form or another??
...I put this up in the lounge..where else???

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/opinion/05krugman.html?hp