I WAS ASSURED IN MY YOUTH THAT ALL THESE SOCIAL CHANGES WOULD PRODUCE UNIVERSAL HAPPINESS: This nation pioneered modern life. Now epic numbers of Americans are killing themselves with opioids to escape it.
This, by the way, is an excellent essay. Andrew and I, as longtime InstaPundit readers will know, had an up-and-down blogospheric relationship, but every one of his New York Magazine essays that I’ve read had been really first rate.