1. Malcolm Gladwell on overconfidence, recapping a bunch of this William Cohan book (and even pulling the same quote I did). I'm looking forward to the new book on the financial crisis from Ben Bernanke's perspective.

2. Ezra Klein on the problem with Obama's health care strategy. Ezra is the person to listen to on the health care mess.

3. A long feature on Valerie Jarrett and her influence.

4. Advice on how to become a regular at a restaurant. I'm not sure why you need a guide to this... don't you just start going all the time? But I suppose some people, once they get there, will find a way to thwart themselves.

5. A reading list of postmodern fiction.

6. Here is a person who lives without accumulating or spending any money.

7. And here is Tyler Cowen on the future of libraries and his own reading habits. His latest book, Create Your Own Economy, deals with this more. UPDATE: More from Cowen on reading.