Making Decisions Right

There's no science, just gut.

My dad is approaching 80, though he doesn’t seem it—he hikes and bikes and rides horses and skis. He’s compulsive about his health and readers of On Our Best Behavior might remember that he’s maniacal about his weight. (Though this is easy for him, as he eats twice as much as everyone else and doesn’t gain weight.)

Hannah Borger Overbeck, “Oak/Acorns,” 1…