Daily Bafflements

• With pretty much all our congresspeople headed to the Hamptons this week, it’s a perfect time to claw back some leisure from the work-leisure conglomerate. Make like the congressional leaders of Southern California, who “vacation like the rest of us”—with “certified Angus beefsteaks on the grill” and “History Channel binging.”

• If income inequality’s got you stumped, the ever-helpful AEI has answers. “The rich now work more than the poor,” the AEI insists, again. “One factor that is often overlooked in the debate over causes of income inequality is a shift in the distribution of working hours.”

• On the hunt for uncompensated labor? Maybe you would like to be Marina Abramović’s unpaid intern. (You won’t get to to sit with Marina, but you will need your “background in art history, performance art, and/or performance art studies,” plus skills in absolutely everything else. Interested parties: apply by Aug. 12.)

• While you’re at it, why not while away your dwindling summer hours at your local Capital One 360™ bank & coffeehouse combo, where the American city-dweller’s favorite pastimes, financial services and conspicuous coffee swilling, finally converge? Free WiFi/checking!