Links to Your World, Tuesday June 8

“A large Gallup poll has found that by almost any measure, people get happier as they get older…. Stress declines from age 22 onward, reaching its lowest point at 85. Worry stays fairly steady until 50, then sharply drops off. Anger decreases steadily from 18 on, and sadness rises to a peak at 50, declines to 73, then rises slightly again to 85. Enjoyment and happiness have similar curves: they both decrease gradually until we hit 50, rise steadily for the next 25 years, and then decline very slightly at the end, but they never again reach the low point of our early 50s.” (article at NYT)


“If there is one extraordinary fact here, it is this: Notwithstanding a pro-choice orthodoxy that dominates our film, our television, our press and our colleges and universities, strong moral qualms about abortion have not gone away” (William McGurn, “Gallup's Pro-Life America: When will our media reflect America on abortion?”



Which schools do the best job crafting technology leaders? In answering that question, Stanford and MIT probably spring to mind; maybe you think of Duke or Cal-Davis. Baylor ranks at 15^th.



Zombie Workout: Get Fit Enough to Fight the Undead



The 50 Best Free Games for iPhone and iPod Touch.



Interfaith marriage “fail at higher rates than same-faith marriages. But couples don't want to hear that, and no one really wants to tell them.” The Washington Post story says this problem will only increase: “If you want to see what the future holds, note this: Less than a quarter of the 18- to 23-year-old respondents in the National Study of Youth and Religion think it's important to marry someone of the same faith.”



Excellent devotional on handling life's disappointments, reflecting on Armando Galarraga denied his Perfect Game.



Posts at Get Anchored since last Tuesday:

Song of the Week: Johnny Cash's "No Earthly Good"

“In 40 years of service in Zambia, they influenced a generation”

Woodenisms

“Whenever media become more abundant, average quality falls quickly, while new institutional models for quality arise slowly”

Review of Peter Thuesen’s “Predestination”

“I never got de-oathed”

“The Shack's wild success doesn't reveal how Bible-thumpy this country is. It shows how alienated from religion we've become.”

The History of the Book

“We are becoming pancake people—spread wide and thin”

LeaderLines: Bullseye!

“Liquid Honesty”

Summertime Reading

A Heapin’ Helpin’ of Lost Commentary

“People who stay grow”

“Socially conscious, cause-focused and controversy-averse”

Winning Ways: From Bunker to Beachhead