STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more
Mary Pat CampbellPublic 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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Sports (and other) Gambling: the Modern Scourge
The World Cup is wrapping up, and I CANNOT escape the betting ads:
Oh, but they do not use the terminology “betting”.
The video ads on YouTube use the terminology of “predictions” and “questions”.
On my phone, when I’m playing games, I g...
RIP, Lindsey Graham: The Unexpected Political Death
While eyes were on Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham’s death came out of nowhere.
12 Jul 2026, press release from Sen. Lindsey Graham’s office:
WASHINGTON - The Office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) released the follow...
Political Incapacitation: Mitch McConnell and Historical Examples
While the state of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health (and potential “is he alive/dead?” Schrodinger’s cat-like situation) plays out right now, I look at the real issue: there is no way to deal with incapacitated members of Congress. I look at p...
2025 U.S. Top Causes of Death by Age Group, Preliminary
As with previous years, I have to wait until July for the external causes of death to become uncensored through the end of the prior year. To keep things simple for this post, I want to focus solely on death counts, not rates.
Ranking Ca...
The Week in Meep: It's A Grand Old Country!
I’ve been a bit tired/out of it lately, so haven’t been doing the “Week in Meep” feature as often. Indeed, I pretty much slept through the 4th of July… but that’s okay, everybody records everything nowadays, so I get to enjoy the celebratio...
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