The Briefing 02-11-15

1) Disastrous economic inequality due to marriage inequality, economists realize 

Falling Marriage Rates Reveal Economic Fault Lines, New York Times (Andrew L. Yarrow)

Love, tax and wedlock, The Economist

2) CO bill permitting religious requirements in college groups voted down as discriminatory 

Bill to let college clubs pick leaders’ religion fails, Denver Post (Joey Bunch)

3) Increasingly fleeting nature of celebrity reveals artificial significance of approval of man

15 Minutes of Fame? More Like 15 Seconds of Nanofame, New York Times (Alex Williams)