"At Lake Champlain Chocolates, the owners take shifts stacking boxes in the warehouse. At Burlington Bagel Bakery, a sign in the window advertises wages starting at $25 an hour. Central Vermont Medical Center is training administrative employees to become nurses. Cabot Creamery is bringing workers from out of state to package its signature blocks of Cheddar cheese." Welcome to Vermont, where hiring is tough. What gives? "The root of the staffing challenge is simple: Vermont’s population is rapidly aging. More than a fifth of Vermonters are 65 or older, and more than 35 percent are over 54, the age at which Americans typically begin to exit the work force. No state has a smaller share of its residents in their prime working years." Why does this matter to anyone outside of Vermont (other than those expecting a package of cheese in the mail)? Because Vermont could serve as a preview for the rest of America. Baby boomers are aging out of the workforce. Immigration is increasingly out of fashion. And we're all getting old. Don't like it? Tough cheddar. NYT (Gift Article): Vermont May Be the Face of a Long-Term U.S. Labor Shortage. What seems like a mild story now might become quite sharp with time. 2Scotus Modus Opus BogusWell, the Supreme Court says it is adopting a code of ethics for the first time. New requirements? Nope. Enforceable? Nah. "The policy, agreed to by all nine justices, does not appear to impose any significant new requirements on them, and, indeed, they said in an unsigned statement that they have long adhered to ethics standards. 'The absence of a Code, however, has led in recent years to the misunderstanding that the Justices of this Court, unlike all other jurists in this country, regard themselves as unrestricted by any ethics rules,' the justices wrote. 'To dispel this misunderstanding, we are issuing this Code, which largely represents a codification of principles that we have long regarded as governing our conduct.'" And the kicker: "The code leaves compliance to the justices themselves and does not create any other means of enforcement." In short, we have clearance, Clarence. 3Off Campus"As the Israel-Gaza war crosses the one-month mark, college campuses across the United States are facing an ideological reckoning and have become ground zero for protests, counter protests and debates over hate speech and freedom of expression. But mainstream social media platforms, as well as those geared toward college students, are increasingly becoming vehicles to spread threats, stir up fear and sow division at American universities, including by agitators who may not even be part of the school community. Anonymous emails are similarly being weaponized." Fake Profiles And Anonymous Posts: How Social Media Is Upending College Life During The Israel-Gaza War. 4Lone Ranger"I still will talk about orgasms. I still will talk about sexual dysfunction. But I have done that." At 95, Dr. Ruth has a new gig. "Taking the lessons of pandemic isolation — and her adolescent diary — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 95, decided she should be New York’s Loneliness Ambassador. And so she is." NYT (Gift Article): Dr. Ruth Saved People’s Sex Lives. Now She Wants to Cure Loneliness. (To paraphrase Groucho Marx, I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept my member as one of its members.) Loneliness is increasingly viewed as a major health concern. "In May, the United States surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, issued an official advisory, warning that isolation can be just as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day and poses a greater risk to longevity than being sedentary or obese." 5Extra, ExtraApec'ing Order: "But back in China, in meetings with the military, Xi was warning in strikingly stark terms that intensifying competition between a rising China and a long-dominant United States was all but unavoidable, and that the People’s Liberation Army should be prepared for a potential conflict." Ahead of this week's APEC meeting between Biden and Xi, from the NYT (Gift Article): Behind Public Assurances, Xi Jinping Spreads Grim Views on U.S. And some more, interesting background from a kid from my old neighborhood (now a very knowledgeable adult). Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations Chief: China sending ‘schizophrenic’ messages to American business. 6Bottom of the News"In other words: Sit outside on 16th Street on Manhattan’s far West Side — where five Google office buildings abut a Google store, and tourists of all ages mill around in the Chelsea Market food hall near the man-made Little Island and one end of the High Line — and you’ll witness a sidewalk-level parade of white, black and cotton candy-colored On sneakers, their gum-toothed outsoles traversing the same ground an army of Allbirds once did." How On running shoes became inescapable. Get a copy of my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store.
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