1. Nelson Mandela is in the hospital.
2. The Pope sends greetings "to those who suffer."
3. Syracuse beats Marquette, advances to the Final Four of the Elite East (??)
4. How to make sure you have enough $$ for retirement (from Dan Ariely's "Strangers on a Train" in the WSJ). The Repugs seem to be onto something.....:
Dear Dan,
What is the best way to make sure Americans have sufficient funds for retirement?
—Ben
There are basically two ways to help people have enough money for retirement: getting them to save more and getting them to die younger. The easier one by far is getting people to die younger. How might you achieve this? By allowing citizens to smoke, subsidizing sugary and fatty foods, and making it hard for them to get access to preventative health care. But, when you think about this, it seems like we're already doing most of what we can on this front.
A version of this article appeared March 30, 2013, on page C12 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: Strangers On a Train.
5. Transcendental Meditation is reputed to be far more effective than any pill for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and all of that. I'm checking it out.
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