Data That Matters – June 2025

Political pervasiveness persists. I continue to browse the same news feeds from the years of PNTP, but too few of Continue reading →

Data That Matters – May 2025

There’s news, but politics is so temporarily pervasive that apolitical content is rarer. Enough news is piling up that there Continue reading →

Data That Matters – April 2025

PretendingNotToPanic.com is for news that is factual, significant, and among other criteria – apolitical. March April 2025 was very political, Continue reading →

Data That Matters – March 2025

Not enough apolitical news this month. PretendingNotToPanic.com is for news that is factual, significant, and among other criteria – apolitical. Continue reading →

Popular Posts 2024

Think back a year or ten. Every year seems more dynamic (bizarre?) than the previous, and yet we continue to Continue reading →

US Upper Class Increases

The US upper class was 11% in 1971, and jumped to 19% by 2023. Mostly that is from a shrinking Continue reading →

Intense Hurricanes Doubling

Let’s keep this simple. “In the North Atlantic, the number of storms that quickly intensified from Category 1 (or weaker) Continue reading →

Rent And Homelessness

If it seems as if homelessness in the US has become an issue, it is because it has. It isn’t Continue reading →