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Movember 2024: Men and Drug Overdose Deaths
Post-Election Public Finance and Pension Round-Up
Research Fraud Follow-Up: What Happened to Fraudsters and How to Make It Less Common
Movember 2024: Prostate Cancer Mortality Trend Update, 1968-2023
Taxing Tuesday: The Return of Trump and NYC Congestion Charges!
Movember 2024: Veterans and Suicide
The Week in Meep: Underwriters, Sumo, and Mozart
UPDATE: Checking on Ballot Counts -- 20 Million Missing Ballots in 2024 Compared to 2020?
Polymarket Prediction Post-mortem
Movember 2024: My Motivations and the Movember Movement
How Well Did Polymarket Do with Election Predictions?
Silly Predictors: Election 2024 Predictions from Absurd Sources
Movember 2024 Kickoff: In Memory of Stu
RIP, Teri Garr: Some Stats on Multiple Sclerosis Mortality
Research fraud, Alzheimer's, and Mortality trends
Longer Term Mortality Trend in the U.S.: Period Life Expectancy by Sex, 1900-2021
U.S. Mortality 2023-2024: Continuing Increased Mortality post-Pandemic
Revisualizing the Financial State of the States: 2024 Edition
Kamala Harris, Plagiarism, and Truth in the Age of Gen AI
Minnesota Teachers Pensions Update: Does Walz Know ANYTHING About the Pensions' Investments?
Very Long-Term Mortality Trends in England and Wales, 1841-2022
October 2024: Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Advanced Breast Cancer
Chicago Watch: Prior School Board Out, Funding Postponed to Chicago Public Schools
Notable Cancer Deaths: Cancer is the Top Cause of Death in Middle Age
Information: Funeral and Viewing for M. Stuart Grace, 1961-2024
RIP, M. Stuart Grace, 1961-2024
The Week in Meep: Happy Michaelmas!
Cancer Watch: Pancreatic Cancer, Young Adults, and Men's Health
Ig Nobel 2024 Winner: The Secret to Long Life is Lying About Your Age...Or Not Reporting Your Death
The Week in Meep: Indiana State Board of Health Watching Out For You, and St. Matthew's Feast Day
Cuomo, Covid, and the Nursing Homes: Part 2, What Was Cuomo's Own Involvement in the Cover-Up?
Drug OD Deaths Down... It's Okay News, I Guess
Taxing Tuesday: Taxes on the Ballot, Revenue Challenges, and the French Wealth Tax Impact
U.S. Lightning strike deaths for 2024 now up to 10
The Week in Meep: Award for Pension Fraud (Detecting It), SUMO!, and Surreal Art
Cuomo, Covid, and the Nursing Homes: Congressional Findings
World Suicide Prevention Day 2024: Let's Turn Around a Bad Trend
Minnesota Hodge-Podge: Quick Bits from Others
Labor Day 2024: Beauty in Work
Social Security and Election 2024
Ohio STRS Drama Continues: Subpoenas Filed Against Some Board Members
Taxing Tuesday: Kamala Harris Has a Cunning Plan...
Deaths from Heat and Cold: Update for U.S. 1999-2023
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: Wrapping Up for 2024
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: New Mayor, Same Problems in 2023
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: No Chicago-Centric Posts in 2022
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: The Payoff! Year
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: The COVID Era
Chicago is My Kind of Town to Beat Up On: 2019 Edition
Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: 2018 edition
Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: 2017 edition
Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: 2016 edition
Tim Walz and Public Pensions: What's the Risk?
The Week in Meep (and Stu): Give Blood! and A Celebration of Dixie Lee (Stu's Mother)
U.S. Mortality Down 6% in 2023, but Up 5-7% compared to 2019
Public Pension Problems -- Proposed Solutions, But Will They Fix Anything?
Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: 2015 edition
The Week in Meep: Stu Update; Olympic Art and Memes
Taking the Long View: Over a Decade of STUMP Watching Public Pensions
Taxing Tuesday: Betting on Tax Policy? Plus: Soda Tax Retrospective!
Chicago Is My Kind of Town To Beat Up On: Previews for the DNC
The Week in Meep: The Return of Stu! Also: I Write Elsewhere
Mortality Nuggets: LBJ and Smoking, Lightning Deaths up to 7, Sharks!, and Drowning
The Week in Meep: Sumo and Geometry Book Recommendations
RIP, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: An Update on Pancreatic Cancer Death Trends
Ohio STRS: Trade-Offs, Alternative Assets, and More
RIP, Shannen Doherty: U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths, 1999-2023
The Week in Meep: Spreadsheet Risks, Memories of Childhood, and a few Laughs
Taxing Tuesday: Bad Ideas French Coalition
2023 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary
The Week in Meep: Pokemon, Art, and New Data for 7 July 2024!
Happy Independence Day! Let's Stay Safe!
Taxing Tuesday: A Bobby Bonilla Hangover
Rhode Island COLAs: Increasing Expenses for Very Underfunded Plans
Actuaries Longevity Illustrator: Refreshed! (and New Demo)
International Lightning Safety Day: 2024 Lightning Death Toll Already at 3
Ohio STRS Drama Continues: No Bonuses and Board Member Resigns
2024 National Lightning Safety Week
The Week in Meep: Mystic Invertebrates and Brooklyn Sumo
Gordon Ramsay Shows the Danger of Bicycle Riding, and Importance of Helmets
Why Would the Republicans Be Tempted to Bail Out Public Pensions?
Bad Metrics Lead to Bad Results
Happy Father's Day! Some Classic Posts Over the Years
Geeking Out: Querying the Multiple Cause of Death Database in CDC WONDER
Hochul's Congestion Pricing Hokey Pokey: More Reactions
Taxing Tuesday Podcast: Chicago Teacher and Illinois Dreams: Tax and Spend
Fraud and Embezzlement! How to Prevent and Detect
Pancreatic Cancer Trends: 1999-2023, U.S.
Public Finance Round-Up 2024 June 5: NY, Chicago, and Audit Delays!
Updated U.S. Mortality Trend Spreadsheet: Preliminary 2023 and Finalized 1999-2022
Corrections and Clarifications on Ohio STRS: Audits and Investments
Memorial Day: U.S. Civil War Death Statistics
A Time to Remember: Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning and When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors!
Geeking Out: Finalized 1999-2022 U.S. Cause of Death Spreadsheet (a gift from me!)
Taxing Tuesday Podcast: Chicago Teacher and Illinois Dreams: Tax and Spend
The Week in Meep, 19 May 2024: Pentecost!
Ohio State Teachers Pension Drama Continues! Board Turmoil!
Happy Mother's Day! Some Art, Sumo, and Sainted Mothers!
Ohio Pension Drama Continues: Investigation Called on "Hostile Takeover"
Drug Overdose Mortality: The Continuing Tragedy in America, 1999-2022
Alternative Assets in Public Pensions: 2001-2022 update
Public Pension Governance Drama in Ohio
2022 Top Causes of Death in the U.S. by Age Group and Sex, Finalized
The Weekend in Meep: 28 April 2024 - Let's Make It Art!
Around the Pension-o-sphere: FDNY, Illinois Tier 2, and Chicago Teachers' Economic Impact
Revisiting Death by Falls: Characteristics
Sumo Sunday! Meep's First Sumo Thoughts and CHANKO CHANKO CHANKO!
OJ Simpson Dead: Let's Review Racial Gap in Prostate Cancer Mortality
RIP, Yokozuna Akebono, Dead at 54
Taxing Tuesday: Meep Files 2023 Taxes -- plus art! Because of tax breaks!
Public Pension Problems -- Proposed Solutions, But Will They Fix Anything?
Cancer Trends among Young Adults: An Issue of Rates and Types
No Fooling: Cancer in Young Adults — Pandemic-Driven or Long-Term Trend?
Good Friday Thoughts: It Is Finished
RIP Joe Lieberman -- A Reminder that Falls are Dangerous to Seniors
Around the Pension-o-Sphere, 27 Mar 2024: Illinois, Minnesota, and Teamsters Payback?!
The Week in Meep, 24 Mar 2024: Memento Mori, NYC, and Sumo!
The Princess Announces Cancer Diagnosis
Colorectal Cancer: Top Cancer With Concerning Trend in Younger Ages
Retirement Age, Life Expectancy, and Social Security
On Choosing a Retirement Age: For Individuals
DST Kills: More Tales of the Killer Time-Changer
The Week in Meep, 10 Mar 2024: The Skull of Aquinas, Michelangelo, and Ending in the Middle of It
On Self-Regulation: Sumo, Failing Annuities, and Public Pension Practice
Updated U.S. Lightning Strike Deaths Total for 2023: 14
Chicago Teachers Union Leader Leads with $50 Billion Number Before Negotiations
U.S. Mortality in 2023: Continuing Updates
Geeking Out: In Death Rates, the Denominator Is Also Important
Leap Year Shenanigans: An Extra Day to Die
U.S. Mortality in 2023: Initial Updates
The Week in Meep, 25 Feb 2024: Wall Street, Opera, and Those Who Die Too Young
Presidents Day 2024: Financial State of the Cities
The Week in Meep, 18 Feb 2024: Navalny, Insurance Fraud, and Lent Begins
Cancer Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity, U.S. 1968-2023
Tales of Fiscal Accountability (or not)
Cancer Death Rates by Age and Gender for the U.S., 1968-2023
Top Cancer Types: By Crude Death Rate, 1968-2023
World Cancer Day 2024: History of Mammography, Recent Research, and Some Trends
RIP, Adele Groyer: A Tribute to an Actuary
Video: Society of Actuaries' U.S. Mortality Dashboard
The Sentinel Effect, Centenarians, and Pension Fraud
Taxing Tuesday: Much Ado Over SALT
Nibbling at the Problem: Chicago Adds $306.6 Million to the Pension Pot
The Week in Meep, 28 Jan 2024: Weird Saints, Dresses with Pockets, Sumo, and Opera
Trump v. Biden Take Two - Using Social Security Mortality Assumptions
ESG and Public Pensions: What's the Fiduciary Duty When The Money Runs Out?
U.S. Lightning Strike Deaths Total for 2023: 13
Alternative Assets in Public Pensions: January 2024 Update
Academia - Credentialism vs. Education
Some Mortality and Morbidity Updates
Academia - Dealing with Writing in the Age of ChatGPT
The Week in Meep: Actuarial History, Language, and SUMO!
Plagiarism and Faked Data in Academia
Oh Woe, Chicago: How Will the Pensions Flow?
Silly Saturday: Peer Review of a Picture Book
Recent News in Political Pensions: Rudy Giuliani, Ed Burke, and More