links for 2008-05-03

An interesting talk about the change in the American middle class from the 1970’s to the 2000’s.

We ignore the real threats and focus on the ones that we fear and the government fear the most rather than the ones that cause the most damage to our society. Emotions should never form a rational basis for a decision.

It’s funny go and laugh.

This is stupid a principal kept a list of all the couples in the school so he could montior their PDA. Why not just monitor the PDA? And since when did high school students not go from one relationship to another at the drop of a hat?