KEVIN DRUM DRAWS OUR ATTENTION to the 3-part series by Peter Gosselin published in the Los Angeles Times on October 10 and December 12 and 30 of 2004. The series is about the increasingly volatile financial condition of American families, particularly in the middle class. Kevin wrote about the series at the time it first appeared, and so did I; but now all 3 articles have been republished in the LA Times in one place, and anyone who is concerned about America's economic and social condition should re-read it, now that it exists in one cohesive unit. And if you didn't read it yet, now is the time to do so.