Who killed my friends the Knapps?

And why presidential candidates should talk about the killer. 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Dee Knapp is in the back, and from left are Nathan, Rogena, Farlan, Keylan and Zealan.via Dee Knapp [Author Headshot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TRaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) Opinion Columnist That family above, gathered happily around a Christmas tree, was one that grew up with me in Yamhill, Ore. There were five kids in the Knapp family: Farlan was in my class, and Zealan, Nathan, Rogena and Keylan were a bit younger. They were smart, talented, entrepreneurial kids whose family had soared — the Knapps had just bought their first home, and we were jealous when Farlan received a Ford Mustang for his 16th birthday. Then everything began to fall apart. All five kids dropped out of high school, Farlan died of liver disease after drug and alcohol abuse, Zealan burned to death in a house fire while passed out drunk, Rogena died of hepatitis tied to drug use and Nathan blew himself up cooking meth. Keylan survives because he spent 13 years in the Oregon state penitentiary. The tragedies that befell the Knapps were true of other families as well. Indeed, a quarter of the kids on my old No. 6 school bus are now dead from drugs, alcohol, suicide or reckless accidents — what are known as “deaths of despair.” My wife Sheryl and I tell the story of the Knapps, and of the disintegration of working class America that is the backdrop for their suffering, in our new book [“Tightrope,”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP4QEAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBlbmd1aW5yYW5kb21ob3VzZS5jb20vYm9va3MvNTg4OTk5L3RpZ2h0cm9wZS1ieS1uaWNob2xhcy1kLWtyaXN0b2YtYW5kLXNoZXJ5bC13dWR1bm4vP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDExMD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xNTExNSZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTIwMjM1JnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MjIwMjAwMTEwVwNueXRCCgAlH-0YXt979eFSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and we have an excerpt in the Times’s Sunday Review. It’s already online, and you can [read it here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8wOS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9kZWF0aHMtZGVzcGFpci1wb3ZlcnR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). 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One person tweeted that it was “all of us,” in the sense that policies over the last 50 years undermined the working class and led to these catastrophes in cities and towns across the country, from Baltimore to Yamhill. But it’s not hopeless: We’ve raised high school graduation rates, we’ve hugely cut teen pregnancy rates and we reduced veteran homelessness by half. When we as a country face up to problems, we can make progress, and we do have proven policies that could chip away at these problems — that’s why we wrote “Tightrope” and why we published [this excerpt](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8wOS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9kZWF0aHMtZGVzcGFpci1wb3ZlcnR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA). An aide to Cory Booker [tweeted](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9tYXR0a2xhcHBlci9zdGF0dXMvMTIxNTMwMTUyNjk0NTc3OTcxMz90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAxMTA_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTUxMTUmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMDIzNSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDExMFcDbnl0QgoAJR_tGF7fe_XhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that Booker was unusually quiet and then read the whole article to his staff, while sitting under an overpass in Davenport, Iowa. I do hope that other candidates raise these issues. Please read the excerpt and, if you’re moved, spread the word about the book. 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Meanwhile, information about our book tour is [here,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGVuZ3VpbnJhbmRvbWhvdXNlLmNvbS9hdXRob3JzLzE2MjkzL25pY2hvbGFzLWQta3Jpc3RvZiNldmVudHM_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and if Sheryl and I are coming to your city do come out to say hello. And if you can’t make a book talk, you can order a signed and personalized copy [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RyYW5kYm9va3MuY29tL3RpZ2h0cm9wZS1wcmVvcmRlci0yMDE5Lz90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAxMTA_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTUxMTUmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMDIzNSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDExMFcDbnl0QgoAJR_tGF7fe_XhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), if you act in the next couple of days. Also, thanks again to readers who contributed to the organizations in my [“Gifts of Meaning”](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8xMS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9ob2xpZGF5LWdpZnQtZ3VpZGUuaHRtbD90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDAxMTA_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTUxMTUmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0yMDIzNSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTIyMDIwMDExMFcDbnl0QgoAJR_tGF7fe_XhUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) column. Focusing Philanthropy calculated that readers contributed some $2.4 million to the four organizations in the column, and the result is that lives will be saved and transformed. I do have the best readers! Iran Every time I fly out of Tehran’s airport, I breathe a little easier, and so do many other passengers. As the plane goes down the runway and takes off, some women begin to remove their hijab and everybody brightens as they look forward to a more relaxing environment — and that’s about when the plane flying to Ukraine the other day apparently was struck by some kind of missile, killing everyone on board. My heart breaks for the people on the plane and the terror they must have endured. If indeed the plane was brought down by mistaken Iranian antiaircraft fire, then they were casualties of the recent U.S.-Iran strife. 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Iran will ramp up its nuclear fuel program, tempting the U.S. and perhaps Israel to attack it. I hope that all sides restrain themselves and remember that while it’s easy to start a war, it’s impossible to know how it will end. Wars are unpredictable, and sometimes the casualties are ordinary Iranian-Canadians taking off from Tehran’s airport, adjusting their hijab and chatting about the good times ahead — when their plane suddenly becomes a fireball. Let’s dial down the risks of war. I’m skeptical that the congressional effort to curb President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran will achieve much, because Congresses since 1973 have been trying to do so and have rarely had much impact. But I am sympathetic to the effort of clawing back greater oversight over a president’s war-making authority. That’s particularly true because of concern that Trump may see a conflict as politically valuable: He repeatedly accused President Obama of preparing to wage a war with Iran for political benefit, and as soon as he had killed General Qassim Suleimani, he ordered up campaign ads on Facebook boasting of that fact. That, plus the administration’s changing stories about reasons for killing Suleimani, both make me believe that it’s all the more important for Congress and the press to provide accountability. China and Taiwan Keep an eye on China and on Taiwan, which is about to hold presidential elections. China may have been restraining itself in Hong Kong partly to avoid helping Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, whom it distrusts. But Tsai is likely to win re-election, partly because China’s harsh approach to Hong Kong has scared Taiwanese, and there is some risk that China will then take the gloves off. In that case, China could take a tougher approach to Hong Kong’s protests, and it could also try to teach Taiwan a “lesson” by making it pay a price for re-electing Tsai. I don’t think China will invade Taiwan, but I can imagine cyber attacks or sabotage that cuts the undersea cables that supply Taiwan with the internet. And now here’s [my piece with Sheryl about the Knapps](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRf-3IfP0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS8wOS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9kZWF0aHMtZGVzcGFpci1wb3ZlcnR5Lmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwMTEwP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE1MTE1JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MjAyMzUmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyMjAyMDAxMTBXA255dEIKACUf7Rhe33v14VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) and the disintegration of America’s working class — and why we all have to step up to address this. I hope you read and spread the word. 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