- Shalom Auslander, “Grabbing Life by the Horns” – from the article: When I was a child, my mother told me that everyone in the world hated me. They hated me, she said, because I was a Jew.
- Megan McArdle, “Saving the New Year” – from the article: The recession should have driven home some hard facts, but the nation’s 3.5% personal savings rate indicates that these lessons haven’t quite sunk in…
- China’s Noisy Subs Get Busier – And Easier to Track (Wired) – from the article: But the Navy’s just discovered that China’s homemade subs are even louder than 20-year-old Russian boats. “Apparently they [U.S. subs] are making first convergence zone detections and holding them,” the analyst reports.
- Eleni Traganas performs Chopin, Impromptu Op. 29 – live recording of a short, charming piece.
Yup The Russian subs sounded like rocks in a Hub Cap:)