Rubber Match: Which Condom is the Best? | When the list of the world’s great inventions is tallied, the wheel,
the combustion engine, and the computer chip invariably make the list.
The condom, amazingly, never does. This seems an injustice.

Q&A With Michael Wolff | The Vanity Fair media columnist argues that the Wall Street Journal stopped mattering when it locked up its editorial content behing a pay-subscription wall. Also, he thinks blos “lower the value of all information.”

The N.B.A.’s New Math Finds Willing Students | Dean Oliver makes his living studying the reasons teams win or lose. He thinks the information that appears in box scores, television graphics, and many scouting reports often does a poor job of explaining a game.