“Men Adrift” and “The Weaker Sex”—Finally The Economist Agrees with Me! One of the reasons I reluctantly agreed to begin this blog (pushed into it by a good friend) was to have a public space to express my frustrations about the “decline of men” (and especially of boys) in American society and the reluctance of society to acknowledge it and shoulder some responsibility for it—and begin to do something about it. I have for a very long time written letters... Read more