Monthly Archives: April 2017

The Bombing of Syria, on general principles

Posted on April 7, 2017 by M. Meo

I don’t have a lot to say about the most recent American war crime. It does go to show, however, how little it mattered in the 2016 election (you recall, I hope, how in that election, as in every single … Continue reading →

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Deaths from Despair

Posted on April 4, 2017 by M. Meo

Frequently in this space, a graph is more eloquent than anything I might have to say. Here is the graph from the most recent Deaton-Case study on the death rates, by age cohort, of white with only a high-school education … Continue reading →

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