Perhaps the most intriguing part of this chart is realizing that the United States remains a Puritanical outlier. The only other non-Muslim nations that adhere to the 21-across-the-board rule are Fiji, Palau, and Micronesia. Yet if any American politician dare utter a peep about lowering the drinking age, they’re shouted down as if they’d come out in favor kneecapping orphans.
AB // Apr 16, 2009 at 8:18 pm
The puritan streak is deep in the US. But we also have a problem with drunk driving deaths. Hard to know which is cause and which is effect.
Brendan I. Koerner // Apr 17, 2009 at 10:36 am
I’m working on a post about drunk-driving deaths around the globe. Hard to separate out all the factors–yes, we have a lot of ’em in the U.S., but that’s partly because our society is so wedded to the automobile.
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