‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth
Opioid abuse marches on relentlessly, with little attention to the broader social stresses that make the US such an outlier on this front.
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European Governments Look for Ways to Send Ukrainian Refugees Home
Europe’s fatigue with hosting refugees coincides with Kiev’s desperation for soldiers.
Read more...Protecting the Most Benign Institution (Our Public Library)
The library serves us all without fail.
Read more...Sleeping Our Way to Being Productive
Each additional hour of sleep per week increases the probability of employment by 1.6 percentage points and weekly earnings by 3.4%.
Read more...Trump, Populism, and the Republican Establishment: Two Graphs From New Hampshire
This year’s New Hampshire primary testifies to the disintegration of the Republican Party
Read more...What If We Treated People Who Use Drugs as Full Human Beings?
Does punishing people for substance use worsen the pain and isolation that make drugs so appealing?
Read more...The Concept of Just War and Outlines of the Just War Theory in International Relations
A primer on the development of the concept of a just war and what it is considered to mean today.
Read more...Book Review — “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture”
How algorithms screen and amplify social media content so as reward artists for reworking familiar forms.
Read more...What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?
Read more...Identity Formation as a Stage of Human Development
Why identity is about sustainability, not uniqueness.
Read more...A Philosopher Looks at Work in Our Modern World
Thinking more deeply about what work is and how it is changing.
Read more...Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People
A society that refuses to provide safe and secure housing for every single person is a failure.
Read more...Further Discussion of Boeing’s Slow Motion Liquidation: Rational Given Probable Airline Industry Shrinkage?
More on Boeing as a symbol of industrial decline, here due to broader environmental and coming energy cost pressures.
Read more...For South Africa, Defending Palestine Is Personal
South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ has restored pride among its people
Read more...The Left Has a Great Story to Share About Alternatives to Capitalism—But Sucks at Telling It
Why is the left so lousy at messaging?
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