June 10: Russia, China, Iran
This week, we’ll return to foreign affairs with a discussion inspired by this Wall Street Journal commentary.
Beyond Labels
A 360° Discussion of Foreign, National and Local Policy Issues
XKCD via Charles
Charles sent this from XKCD. I thought it was worth editing and posting. If you don’t know XKCD, take a look and hit random.
May 20: Declining Life Expectancy in the US
We’ll discuss life expectancy in the US vs. historical trends and vs. other, similar countries. What’s driving the divergence between US life expectancy and the similar statistic on other countries? Differences in… Health care? Lifestyle? Obesity, diabetes, etc.? Drug addiction/abuse? Mental health? Risk-taking? Economic differentials? What else? And what should we do (if anything) to …