Reading List #3

Five articles I've read and enjoyed recently.

Unearthing the Complete and Total Disaster That Was 'The Chevy Chase Show'

Sometimes TV shows drag their unfunny, uninteresting, yet highly rated feet across our living rooms for years. “Who let this happen?” we cry in vain.

Jennifer Pan's Revenge

The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead.

Reversal of Fortune

Forty-two residents of the struggling cotton-farming town of Roby band together to enter the lottery. They buy 430 tickets. Then - on the eve of thanksgiving, no less - they hit the jackpot, winning $46 million. You might expect a happy ending. Not even close.

Why You Cannot Find "The One"

So much sense.

The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans

Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency.