Chances are that between when I write this and when you read it, someone will be killed by a drunk driver. After all, in 2008, alcohol-related traffic caused about 41% of traffic fatalities. It’s an ugly mess.
So why are a bunch of colleges saying we should lower the drinking age?
College presidents from about 100 of the nation’s best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on …