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Positive Signs
Alan Zendell, September 13, 2022 As 2022 began, everything seemed to be trending in the wrong direction. Congress was hopelessly deadlocked. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had re-aligned himself with Donald Trump, tying his future to the former president’s. Democrats … Continue reading
Forecasts and Outcomes
Alan Zendell, August 6, 2022 When historians write about the last few years, “forecasts and outcomes” might well be the tag line. As marketing and government systems, social networks, and statisticians collected mountains of data, and computers crunched them, we … Continue reading
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Tagged CHIPS, COVID, data, economic data, failed models, forecasting models, global warming, historical database, inflation, Inflation Reduction Act, information processing, jobs, PACT, political polls, predictions, Trump's legal jeopardy, unemployment, weather forecasts
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Unintended Consequences
Alan Zendell, August 2, 2022 Some people plan everything they do in agonizing detail. Others, like me, play things by ear, trusting that we can adapt to changing conditions as they arise. That’s not to say we never think about … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Yang, atomic bomb, centrists, Civil Rights, cold war, COVID, FDR, fossil fuels, guns, health care, insurrection, korea, nuclear arms race, Obama, planning, reagan, Science, social security, Soviet Union, supreme court, taxes, Trump, Ukraine, vladimir Putin, Volodymir Zelensky, white supremacists, women's right, worst case scenarios
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A Ray of Hope?
Alan Zendell, April 25, 2022 The second world war ended with the nuclear destruction of two Japanese industrial cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nazis had been forced to abandon their atomic weapons development program during the war, and Russia’s program … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 minutes to Midnight, Albert Einstein, atomic bomb, atomic scientists, Biden Administration, cold war, COVID, Crimea, cyber wars, democracy, Doomsday Clock, Emmanuel Macron, hiroshima, John Kennedy, Mikhail Gorbachev, Paris Climate Accords, ronald reagan, SALT treaty, Ukraine
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Goobye to 2021
Alan Zendell, December 31, 2021 A year ago, most of us were saying, “Good riddance” to 2020. Some may say that about 2021, but the two years could hardly have been more different. It’s time to set the record straight. … Continue reading
Pre-Holiday Jitters
Alan Zendell, December 20, 2021 Christmas is five days away, the beginning of 2022 only twelve. It’s normally a joyous time for most people, but the news today is shockingly depressing. I scanned the CNN website this morning as I … Continue reading
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Tagged antivax movement, autocracy, Chuck Grassley, civil war, COVID, Denmark, France, germany, health workers, hospitalization, insurrection, Joe Manchin, negative news, news media bias, Norway, Omicron, supreme court, sweden, UK, voting rights
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It’s About Time
Alan Zendell, September 24, 2021 This isn’t about time travel, though the subject fascinates me. It’s about time as the enemy of progress, the antithesis of positive inertia for needed change. It’s about the basic truth that delay and procrastination … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion rights, AdamKinzinger, Arizona, climate change, congress, COVID, George W. Bush, ignorance, infrastructure, Joe Manshin, Liz Cheney, Maricopa County, Mitch McConnell, ocasio-cortez, Republicans, separation of church and state, The Big Lie, vaccination, voting rights
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Federal Supremacy
Alan Zendell, September 10, 2021 The Federal Supremacy Clause of our Constitution “establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions. It prohibits states from interfering with the federal government’s exercise … Continue reading
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