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1. U.S. life expectancy at birth was 39 years in 1800, 49 years in 1900, 68 years in 1950, and 79 years today. The average newborn today can expect to live an entire generation longer than his great-grandparents could.

Those numbers are skewed by still-borna nd infant deaths. If we fator in the baies that are purposely killed trough procured abortion, we wouldn't look that much better.

5. The average American now retires at age 62. One hundred years ago, the average American died at age 51. Enjoy your golden years -- your ancestors didn't get any of them.

Yeah. It WAS nice. SocSec will kick in at 70 for most of us. With fewer young people to keep the Ponzi scheme going, it will crash. More of us will have to work longer to feed the welfare state.

America averaged 20,919 murders per year in the 1990s, and 16,211 per year in the 2000s,

That is completely explainable by demographics alone. As the population ages, fewer 16-30 year old males are around to do the killing.

The cherry picking in this article continues, but the fact is, it is harder to raise your children decently. It is harder to support a household on one income. It is harder to be generally left alone. It is harder to find a community with ike-minded people who share your idea of a proper society, if not your exact goals (forcing most of us to settle for the virtual version).

I think Joseph Sobran looked at it all, and decided the main improvement was in car stereos.

I was alluding to the purported Chinese curse. “Better” is not necessarily better.

Another thing: Animals live longer in zoos than in the wild. Longer life does not mean higher quality of life. i.e. it is not necessarily an improvement.
“...to live is Christ and to die is gain.”