Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.

Kidney disease is a low-profile, unglamorous problem, a disease that disproportionately strikes minorities and the poor. Its celebrity spokesman is blue-collar comedian George Lopez, who received a kidney from his wife.

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.

Glamour is all about transcending this world and getting to an idealized, perfect place.

Glamour is translucent — not transparent, not opaque. It invites us into the world but it doesn’t give us a completely clear picture.

Progress through trial and error depends not only on making trials, but on recognizing errors.

In a dynamic, decentralized system of individual choice and responsibility, people do not have to trust any authority but their own.