* Uncle Sam is coming for your savings; live perpetually in the hedonic present or be prepared to be called one of the one percenters. What will happen to the millionaires next door? (Link goes to one of the best books I’ve ever read). Is it worth the work to become wealthy?
* Top ten reasons why heterosexual women report having sex; the title is mine and as always linking does not imply endorsement.
* “Why college isn’t always worth it: A new study suggests the economic return on a college degree may be a lot more modest than you think.” This better matches anecdotal yet seemingly universal observation, and it better matches work like that in Paying for the Party. The more I learn about college and about pre- preschool education the more skeptical I am of both as panaceas.
* I Was Arrested for Learning a Foreign Language. Today, I Have Some Closure.
* The U.S. used to be a haven for dissidents and a place where Darkness at Noon could be published. Now we inflict Darkness at Noon on others: “From Inside Prison, a Terrorism Suspect Shares His Diary: ‘Guantánamo Diary.’”
* When Bread Bags Weren’t Funny, or, we are now spectacularly rich in ways that rarely make the news.
* “The One Thing No One Tells You Before You Have Kids: Don’t get a dog.” Though to me this seems obvious.
* “Not a Very P.C. Thing to Say: How the language police are perverting liberalism.” The vehemence of the reaction against this piece supports its points.
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