Weekly Wrap 10.14.16: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week

1. How Are You Celebrating Oilfield Prayer Day?

Yes, it’s a thing.

2. The Pot-Belly of Ignorance

“Increasingly, we’re filling our heads with soundbites, the mental equivalent of junk. Over a day or even a week, the changes, like those to our belly, are barely noticeable. However, if we extend the timeline to months and years, we face a worrying reality and may find ourselves looking down at the pot-belly of ignorance.”

3. The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Child-Care Problem

“In 33 states and Washington, D.C., it costs more to put an infant in day care than it does to pay in-state college tuition and fees at a four-year public school.” This, and other depressing stats in this great examination of the state of childcare.