We just got back from a weekend trip to West Palm Beach. My folks needed some traveling support as they visited my aunt, whose dementia keeps getting worse. I’m a little groggy from traveling, but I thought I would get back up speed this morning with some newsletter-links.

I like Ezra Klein’s list of books in 2023 that best explain 2023.

Our Eldercare system in this country is seriously screwed up. My aunt in Florida lives in an $8K-per-month memory care facility. Luckily, my uncle put some money aside for her, before he passed away, because the Medicaid/Medicare options for dementia are not great.

More good results for the Science of Reading in California. Jill Barshay on the “Right-To-Read Settlement in California.

How can anyone support Hamas? How can these college kids ignore these crimes? The violent sexual crimes done on the poor girls at the music concert on Oct. 7th are horrific, beyond anything that I could have ever imagined.

There’s a movement to strip Harry and Meghan of their royal titles.

Question of the Day: What’s the right age for a kid to get a cellphone? If you had a do-over, would you have stricter Internet rules for your kids?

Picture: Palm Trees in Palm Gardens, this weekend.