America’s Wars
The purpose of Memorial Day is to remember and honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice. What sometimes gets lost in the parades and...
Peak Debt? Not Really…
Seeing a Debt Crisis That Isn’t Really There Yes, household borrowing has topped the old record reached right before the financial...
Household Debt
Of all the charts I have seen recently on “peak debt,” this one provides some basis for evaluating the context as to...
How You Are “Unlikely” to Die
In my presentation on risk, I discuss how we all focus on the wrong things: We fear large, emotional, visceral — and statistically...
Sky Not Falling In San Francisco, Either
One of the things I write about incessantly are the filters we create for ourselves, and their impact on our ability to...
Seattle Unemployment Rate Matches All-Time 2.8% Low
@TBPInvictus here: I wrote a piece in December that was a bit bold for me in that I declared victory with regard to Seattle’s...
Withholding-Tax Collections Continue Moonshot in April
Interesting observation from DailyJobsUpdate.com: The growth-rate of withholding-tax collections advanced from 6.28% in March to 6.95%...
Nobody Lives Here
At a recent dinner, we were discussing where people lived — I mentioned I read nearly 60% of the country lived East of the...