If anything men have been slightly less inclined toward marriage, if only because they have more privilege and thus more options. These days it’s more acceptable among educated and affluent men and women (more privilege) to just forego it altogether and find different and more extended family structures to become a…

I’m the same way, although older (and I like my work enough that I’ll probably keep doing it at least part time). If you're as thoughtful and self-aware as you seem about it you won't regret it.

Casting directors and agents are the gatekeepers. If the director or producer (or the lowly writer) doesn’t specify race for the part then the casting director or agent tends to default to “white” and everyone accepts it as the natural way of things. Trevor Noah’s story about trying to hire a diverse staff is also…

Thanks for the article. If the civilized world wants to defeat the cancer that is Daesh it’s critical to get as many viewpoints as possible on how and why so many idealistic young protestors against tyranny were transformed into zealous defenders of the same.

More money than sense.

You can't expect them to understand the impact of different cultural settings on the various implementations of socialism. Plus they regularly vote for American clowns who make a bozo like Maduro look competent and responsible in comparison.

Lots of people have sex with disgusting old goats for money, so why not for love?

It happened to me once, maybe 20 years ago. As I recall they just ran out of coach seats on a very popular flight. For some reason I got lucky, and the gate agent gave me a free upgrade to first class. To this day I’m not sure why I was chosen. I wasn’t on a frequent flyer program at the time, I wasn’t signalling…

Don't forget Lena Dunham on the bongo drums (so bohemian and authentic!)

That’s really the key thing he’s missing. Graduating from a private college without debt is by itself potentially worth hundreds of thousands of dollars over a lifetime. If that’s all his father ever did for him he’d be extremely privileged by the standards of this country, but of course that isn’t all he got.…

He and Michael Brown should form a consultancy. DBA name "Heckuva Job."

Disaster capitalism comes to America, with the “cure” from for-profit companies costing a whole lot per pound. Fun fact: Snyder’s chief of staff’s wife is a spokesperson for Nestle, Michigan's biggest private water operator.

He’s apparently one of the inspirations for Mayor (later Governor) Tommy Carcetti on “The Wire.”

A little tiny bit of brutality, in the grand scheme of things really is not that big of a deal, but you guys will appreciate it because you’re from Iowa!

I suspect he also left millions to charities, but anonymously. Seems like the kind of guy who understands the concept of gratitude.

The son is in his 40s. In phased-payout trusts (which this probably is) that’s usually the time the remainder of the inheritance is handed over and that part of the trust is closed out. It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with being a responsible parent or grandparent.

I should add that I have no objection to ridiculously obvious fortune-seeking bounders, stern trustee aunts, and laconic but wise servants being introduced into Alexandria's life by her inheritance.

It’s standard practice to do it that way with large trusts. As my lawyer says, you never know what will happen to a person between age 18 (when a minor inherits it's a different legal situation) and 25.

I can buy his being married for a long time. I know weak-willed guys who've spent decades married to nightmares who scream at them if they so much as look at another woman. What I can't believe is that he's happily married.

A shame, but all too common. If (as is likely) he can’t come to arrangement with her on getting his sexual/romantic needs fulfilled outside the marriage, you have to tell him to find someone else to confide in going forward. He's already involved you in his deception and put your relationship with her at risk, so…