Wednesday morning roundup

More analysis on how men benefit more from marriage, including some discussion of the racial angle. I've really done well for myself with this whole single thing. This is my favorite part:

Ms. Zielinski, the fashion stylist, said her best friend, a man, told her once: “ ‘You are confident, have good credit, own your own business, travel around the world and are self-sufficient. What man is going to want you?’ He laughed, but I found that pretty depressing.”

The gender revolution is hitting Germany, too.

Steve Pearlstein and the Post on why the Massachusetts vote is not a mandate on or a defeat of health care reform.