Death

Life Expectancy Saw Biggest Drop Since World War II in 2020–And Not Just Due to COVID

LA’s Traffic Safety Policies Were Supposed to Reduce Deaths. Instead, More People Are Dying

Why Cuba’s Infant Mortality Rate Is so Low

The Burning of the Notre-Dame Cathedral: A Stoic Lesson in Memento Mori

Does a Famous Economist’s Theory on Happiness Explain Why Humans Have Funerals?

‘There Ought to Be a Law’: What that Phrase Actually Means

Hey, Millennials, Here’s the Truth About Socialism, Kim Jong-un, and Nicolás Maduro

Be Desperately Grateful for Life Itself

History Is Malleable in the Land of the Dead

The Staggering Toll of the Russian Revolution

Bringing Back the Draft Won’t Stop Unnecessary Wars

If American Healthcare Kills, European Healthcare Kills More

A Revolution to Always Remember but Never Celebrate

No, Death Doesn’t Solve Inequality

US Conflicts Don’t Stay Abroad

War with North Korea Would Be Sheer Madness

The Human Mind Cannot Fathom the Full Cost of War

What Are the World’s Three Biggest Problems?

All That Lives Must Die, Including Shakespeare

Hillary Will Tax You to Death… And Then Tax You for Dying