Tuesday evening roundup

Warning: this great column, which argues that "Mad Men" is the most feminist thing on TV, is full of spoilers.

Can airports help wear out traveling kids so they're less obnoxious?

Anne Applebaum argues that the word "elitist" has lost its meaning.

You know, I'm getting sick of singles-issues blogging, but this litmus test concept is intriguing (and more often referred to these days in terms of 'deal breakers'). I thought the last paragraphs of the original 1982 article were fascinating:

In 1976, the University of Pittsburgh marriage counseling center conducted a study of 131 couples to determine, among other things, what initially attracted the spouses-to-be to each other.

The results showed that those who had checked off such things as "the relationship was never dull; physically attractive, beautiful or handsome; sexually exciting; romantic; and life of the party," were still happily married.

Couples who married on the basis of such things as "intellectually challenging; dependable; maturity; financial security; and common interests," were seeking marriage counseling.

"Not very many things surprised us about that survey, but that those results was surely one of them," said Dr. Ellen Frank. "The people who selected the more romantic, as opposed to cerebral, reasons for marrying were happier by far. Personally, those results influenced the way I counsel now. These tests really can't be ignored."

Especially--you guessed it--in these days of Gottlieb and Katz.