Well, the topic du jour is clearly the leaked Alito opinion draft, which makes the case for over-turning abortion.

Without Roe, “clinics in 22 states would shut down as abortion would be banned immediately or in relatively short order…. The 22 states represent 42 percent of American women of childbearing age.” https://t.co/P1W3CMSskT

— Lauren Kirchner (@lkirchner) May 3, 2022

Looking at abortion opinion, it's actually quite striking how little men and women differ on this question. The whole pro-life is about men telling women what to do with their bodies" schtick simply isn't grounded in reality. https://t.co/pbXSBsnbML

— Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) December 1, 2021

Hannah at Ballerina Farm showed a video of her birth of her latest kid. Check it out. I showed it to Ian, because we realized only last month that he had no sex education in high school. Our therapist and I are teaching him all this stuff. So, thanks, Hannah!

The biggest gains to reading/math scores came after states began making schools accountable for student learning. WITH TESTING. In more recent years, the gains leveled off, when states reduced oversight and expectations. Bottomline — TESTS WORK.

2/3rds of undergraduate certificate programs left their students worse off than the typical high school graduate, making an average of less than $25,000 per year.” Many certificates don’t pay off, but colleges want to keep them. (Also, don’t get a MA.)

I’m just not excited about canceling student debt — which would benefit Jonah — when I can’t find a good post-high school program for Ian. When the government provides good post-high school programs for ALL students, then I’ll get more excited about college loan debt.

Watching: Finished Yellowstone (love), finished Outlander (meh), finishing Moon Knight (good), Russian Doll

PICTURE: Bought a set of about 100 leather bound books this weekend. Now, I’m conditioning all that leather. Will more pictures later.