THE PAST PROVIDES AMPLE GUIDANCE TO COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE: Dating in Brooklyn before Tinder and ‘Girls’.

FEELING THE BERN.  RESETTING THE 3 AM PHONE CALL: Hillary’s real Kissinger problem is spelled P-U-T-I-N.

SOMEONE WHO THINKS JUST LIKE HIM AND IS SOME PROTECTED MINORITY: What kind of Supreme Court nominee will Obama select?

OOH, OOH, TEACH, I KNOW THE ANSWER: Who dislikes Obama more — conservatives or liberals?

SOME MEN JUST WANT TO SEE THE WORLD BURN: A world aflame: Obama aides debunk the boss’s happy talk.

OR PERHAPS IT WAS THOSE TIME TRAVELERS: No, That’s Not A Laptop On An Ancient Greek Grave Marker.

STRANGELY NOT CAUSED BY APPLES: Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction.

DIVE, DIVE, DIVE: Questions grow over banks as profit warnings pile up.

WISDOM IN STRANGE PLACES: Using the Physics of Your Perfect Pancake to Help Save Sight.

BUT NOT FOR GOOD: The Power Of Debt.

BERNIE HAS A DREAM BUT WHAT IS IT? What is Bernie Sanders hiding about his radical history?

WE ONCE MET A WAITRESS WHO DYED HER HAIR TO LOOK LIKE TAPESTRY: Colorist Dyes Hair to Look Like Warhol, van Gogh Masterpieces.

HOW MUCH DO YOUNG PEOPLE CARE FOR GRANDMA’S OPINION? Steinem, Albright Try Bullying Female Voters into Supporting Hillary.

LEARN TO TAKE A HIT: Cam Newton and the Agony of Defeat.

WHO CARES IF A FEW WINDOWS GET BROKEN: Mark-Viverito’s message: Only saps obey the law.

THE URGENCY OF GETTING HEALTH CARE TO THE POOREST AMONG US LEADS TO THIS: Government health insurance: the ultimate sickness.  And we had to pass it to see what was in it.  We see.  Now can we remove this craptastic mess from our public life and economy already.  (And the man in question is a friend of mine too, and we can’t do anything to help him.)

HIGHER EDUCATION IMPLOSION UPDATE: The fight for ‘tolerance’ at Rutgers hits a new low.

IF HE HAD A MIND, HE MIGHT BE DANGEROUS: David Brooks is still in love with the crease in Obama’s pants.

WHY  THE WEST: How many Troops are you willing to send to Syria?

THIS WRITER ENTIRELY POWERED BY: Death Wish coffee.  It will tell you how bad the addiction is, that I need three cups to function.

AND WE’LL CALL IT A NIGHT, WITH MY SHOCKED FACE: Syria’s bleeding even more thanks to John Kerry’s peace ploy.

THE SEVENTIES CALLED: Great Power Pivot: U.S. Shifts Focus to War With China and Russia.

YOU MESSED UP, YOU TRUSTED THEM: Yellen: Persistent economic weakness could slow rate hikes.  Summer of recovery #8 coming up!  The future  present   mirage is so bright I got to wear shades.

IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN BLOOMBUG’S NEIGHBORHOOD: Bloomberg May See Opening in New Hampshire Primary Results.  I can see his campaign platform “No more Big Gulps!” or perhaps “I can see gun confiscation from here.”  And the worst part?  He’s better than the two already in the race.

IF YOU THINK A FIRST RATE MILITARY IS EXPENSIVE, WAIT TILL YOU SEE WHAT A SECOND RATE ONE WILL COST US: Sooner of later the butcher’s bill comes due. The Tools of Power.