Bethesda Makes the International Press (and a Baseball Article Roundup)

From The Economist… The Big Sort: Americans are increasingly choosing to live among like-minded neighbours. This makes the culture war more bitter and politics harder.
“At a bookshop in Bethesda (one of those posh American suburbs), Steven Balis, a retired lawyer with wild grey hair and a scruffy T-shirt, looks up from his New York [...]

I Read More During Finals

From this week’s Economist:
Speedy Decline (in methamphetamine use in the States, but I haven’t read anything about it in the American press… Speaking of the American press… On the Brink (American newspapers are in trouble.)
More on the violin found by a cabdriver: Concerto in the Key of G, for Grateful.  I highly recommend the audio slide [...]

I’m Back and I’ve Been Reading

First, a local newspaper quotes me (The Home News Tribune) about being a “millennial” during this presidential election and I sound like an idiot.
From a few-weeks-old-Times-Mag: Do I just like this article because it mentions Bethesda?  No, but you know that gave it brownie points in my book.  “Can Barack Obama Capture the Lunch-Pail Democrats [...]

Today at the Beach, I Read…The Economist

Here are the articles I enjoyed:
It’s nice to see how Brits see NYC: Harlem Reborn: A Dream is No Longer Deferred
Turn Left.  No Right.  I Mean Left. (an article about how they’re going to put traffic info on GPSes from NJ to NC!)
Rats are gross, here’s why: The Year of the No-Rats? 

Apparently I Failed to Title this Post

Someone stole my newspaper today. I don’t have the patience to read it online like most people of my generation, but I have been reading The Economist and the awesome sports magazine section that came with The Times this Sunday. Here are some selections:
This is a good article about Dan Patrick and Rick [...]