The Atlantic suggests an article for me — from a couple years ago — that’s right in my zone. It’s by Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic’s happiness expert, who — I’d noticed — has a new article in The Atlantic that I’d seen but chose not to click on: “Think About Your Death and Live…

I’m trying to read “Hiking Has All the Benefits of Walking and More. Here’s How to Get Started. Exploring the great outdoors offers a host of mental and physical benefits. But there are a few things you need to know first” (NYT).Hiking offers all the cardiovascular benefits of walking, but the uneven terrain does…

The top-rated comment — one of many similar and utterly predictable comments — on “My father, Henry Kissinger, is turning 100. This is his guide to longevity” (WaPo).

“… and the chance to ‘work with Grimes.’ In reality, she’s a burgeoning CEO in the midst of building a virtual sweatshop, something companies have been doing for eons, except now it appears this artist wants to give it a try.

For example, not long ago she brought up taking 50% of the royalties of…

Ludicrously disingenuous letter to the NYT “Social Q” advice columnist:My husband was chatting with our new neighbor when the neighbor mentioned he could see me undressing at night through my bathroom window. Our homes are on three-quarter-acre lots, so we’re not that close. My husband was speechless, and I continue my nightly ritual, which does…

Said President Macron, quoted in “Radical left threatens civilisation in France, says Macron/President speaks out after pension reform protests and attacks on elected officials” (London Times).Presidential advisers said the term was a reference to Norbert Elias, the 20th century German sociologist who described how self-restraint and social inhibitions had civilised Europe, first in royal courts…