6-6-2010

6-6-2010-Growing Obesity increases perils of childbearing; linking to higher risk of deaths, birth defects, and Caesareans.NYT A1
--Rises in Suicides of Middle Aged is continuing A14
--Jennifer Wilkerson’s preparations for a post-petroleum world include growing her own food and stockpiling sup-lies against any shortages. NYT A19
--If you’re prepared, you don’t need to take time outs. John Wooden SBT A1
--[Obama’s] most conspicuous flaw is his unshakeable confidence in the collective management brilliance of the best and the brightest he selected for his White House team — “his abiding faith in the judgment of experts,” as Joshua Green of The Atlantic has put it....Obama has yet to find a sensible middle course between blind faith in his own Ivy League kind and his predecessor’s go-with-the-gut bravado. –Rich, NYT