Coronavirus March 23 2020

There’s ‘Pretending Not To Panic’ about something that might happen, and then there’s ‘Pretending Not To Panic’ in the midst Continue reading →

Practice Pandemic

Which do you worry about more: the flu or coronavirus? At least from what health officials are saying, the flu Continue reading →

US Middle Class Falling Behind

The US economy is in an impressively long recovery. That’s somewhat natural considering the depth of the Great Recession. The Continue reading →

Data That Matters November 2019

Permafrost, one of the largest carbon sinks (one billion metric tons) has become an immense carbon source (1.7 billion metric Continue reading →

Millennials May Not Live Longer

We’ve become accustomed to expecting each generation to live longer than the previous ones. That may not be true for Continue reading →

Risks For Life Expectancy

Terrorism makes the biggest headlines, but among ten other risks to human life, it only reduces life expectancy 22 days. Continue reading →

Data That Matters August 2019

Fossil fuel subsidies are ~3.7 times greater than subsidies for renewable energy. The cost of gun deaths in the US Continue reading →

Opioids Worse Than Car Crashes

Both car crashes and opioid overdoses killed over 40,000 Americans in 2017 (40,231 from opioids and 43,036 from cars). (Note: Continue reading →