Thursday morning roundup

The basis for "Do No Harm" in humanitarian aid is very real, but defaulting to it can result in preventable harm.

Friedman on China's growth-for-air-quality tradeoff.

It's risky life-threatening to be non-white in stand-your-ground states.

Sorry, guys... I'm all about encouraging everyone to learn a second language, but that didn't help mom in terms of dementia. Then again, maybe it did "significantly delay its onset."

Wow, this dude is man of the year:

For Mr. Sousa, beauty really is skin deep: “I say that inner beauty doesn’t exist. That’s something that unpretty women invented to justify themselves.”

Hear that, everyone: you have to justify your existence, and plastic surgery is the way to do it. As for some of the ladies interviewed, who are thinking about it: do you really think self-esteem based on your bust size is self-esteem? Are there no more meaningful bases for it? Check out the mannequins. I think one might make a good surface for planting herbs, what with all that space.

And the man of the year title had a serious contender or two.

Blow on parenting. Thompson on reporting on Millennials.

I used to dread the prospect of mom's... momness in life events, but it is manageable.