…of life expectancy lost between the ages of thirty and seventy for people in FTP.”This was a surprise: Muennig et al. had expected that the increased employment associated with FTP…

…is well below the peak of 16.3 gun deaths per 100,000 people in 1974. Gun murder and suicide rates in the U.S. both are below their peak levels. There were…

…his last major project, “The People Speak.” It’s a film in which well-known performers bring to life the inspirational words of everyday citizens whose struggles led to some of the…

…Protection Agency has lowered its estimate of the the statistical value of a human life from about $8.04 million to $7.22 million, about an 11% drop. The Washington Post reports…

by Linda Beale Taxes, Government, and the Good Life, Part 2 In yesterday’s post, Taxes, Government, and the Good Life, I noted the “long-term position of the GOP” in favor…

…for my life”. Rarely have those two doctrines collided so openly as in North Carolina this week. North Carolina is an Open Carry State. Anyone has the right to carry…

…overstate support for Roe. About half of Americans identify as “pro-life”, but very few people are anti-abortion absolutists.  Support for abortion in cases of rape, incest, serious fetal defect, and…

Kevin Drum doesn’t believe Life is so bad. Kevin poses a number of reasons why things are actually pretty good. Think about it. We weathered a pandemic. For the first…

…a New Job Greater Work-Life Balance and Better Personal Well-being Amid record declines in employees’ life evaluations and mental health, the desire for greater work-life balance and personal wellbeing has been rated the most…

…peak, it’s probably better to experience that in Shenzhen than anywhere in the United States. The best hedge I know against heightening tensions between the two superpowers is mutual curiosity….