Nice point from Ezra Klein:
Our identities are deeply interwoven into our dining choices, and the hipsters ostentatiously traveling across town to try jellyfish in a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant and then telling all their friends about the discovery are saying something about themselves just as surely as the young family dressing up for a night out at The Cheesecake Factory. Whatever you think of the objective merits of the cuisine, both groups are enjoying their dinner, and enjoying their ability to be the people having that dinner.
Now Playing: Episode 344
Rogue regimes in Myanmar and North Korea; the Democratic presidential race winds down while public transit use heats up.
Links Mentioned: The fall of Dien Bien Phu … Food shortages in North Korea … Trouble in Myanmar … Police chief gunned down in Mexico … commuters are switching to mass transit.
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