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I subscribe to the New York Times. I used to subscribe to the Washington Post and I need to do so again if only for the yuks. And the local news. Since all local news is gone bye-bye now.

Here's three articles/opinion pieces that raised an eyebrow yesterday (and early this morning since sleep escapes me).

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Day camp, not sleep-away for us, although the article was about sleep-aways--whole summer sleep-aways. Like in The Parent Trap! I did stints at camp with Scouts when small but not every year and only two weeks. I even taught at one once. Mostly I watched tv, went to the pool, visited the library, read, and watched tv. The other author was a stay-at-home writer mom who sends the kids out to play on the farm, or sends them into town with the sitter.

The fun thing about summers now is No One's Home. When kids are little there's some kind of camp or quit your job. Or hire a very reliable kid to sit. Or family but I've never lived near my family. Camp is quite the industry here.

Now the boys are older they could stay home by themselves and XBox the day away. This year I have one working at a camp and one being forcibly socialized with older kids so he doesn't get tortured in middle school. Or tortured as much. He likes the field trips.

It was a lucky confluence of events for you with your house! And that's great! But the article was head-scratching over why, in aggregate, young folks aren't leaping into (more) debt. Maybe they're smart? The authors were also nudging banks into lowering their credit requirements so more people who can't afford houses can buy houses. Should we really go there again?