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Actuarial Thoughts on Social Security Reform: Looking at Many (but not all) Options
Just a few options to consider as well as likelihood of getting anything done before the money runs out
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Revisiting France: Retirement Issues Persist
No, we don't get a "fun" visit. They're just limping along.
 • Mary Pat Campbell
The Week in Meep: John McWhorter, the Pope, Fulton Sheen, and STORMS (in art)
It’s been a big week for Catholics
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Suicide Awareness Month: Trends Among Black Americans, 1999-2025 (provisional)
It does not help to lie about suicide
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Social Security: Every Day It's A-Gettin' Closer...
The money has been running out for a long time. Not much is being done about it other than yakking.
 • Mary Pat Campbell
The Week in Meep: You Never Know Where I’ll Show Up....
A podcast, lightning deaths, and a local memorial
 • Mary Pat Campbell
Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine
A bunch of music and art for today
 • Mary Pat Campbell
2026 World Suicide Prevention Day
Looking at worldwide trends, and reminder to policymakers
 • Mary Pat Campbell
International Overdose Awareness Day 2026: the Geography of Drug OD Deaths in the U.S.
Good News on drug OD death decreases, but disparities among the states
 • Mary Pat Campbell
STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more
STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more
Public finance, pensions, mortality trends from the perspective of Meep (Mary Pat Campbell), a life-annuity actuary. Less frequent topics: data visualization, actuarial politics, literature, opera, and sumo.
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