History in the Making: July 2020 Snapshot and Predictions

“A hundred years from now, there will be history professors who specialize in the study of one quarter of the year 2020.” I remember instantly thinking, “Yeah, that’s about right” as I read that a few weeks back, on Twitter I think. It’s a paraphrase, but you get the idea: We are living in an […]

What I want my kids to know about how I saw the world on April 4, 2020.

Every now and then the period of time in which we live seems to launch into a higher gear than we imagined possible just before the shift happened, bringing with it high stakes and a high octane vibe the likes of which usually only come along once in a lifetime, if that often. Every now […]

10 Major Positives Of The Chinese Coronavirus Pandemic

When a major civilizational shift occurs in a sudden, unexpected lurch, it’s easy for those living through the transition to focus on the negatives and miss the positives, especially when the negatives associated with the shift are – or at least seem to be in the moment – catastrophically bad. While the early stages of […]

Free “Money” For Everyone!!! (Or: How Coronavirus Is About To Kill The U.S. Dollar)

As Coronavirus continues to make its way onto the stage (remember: it’s still just getting started), we’ve been hearing a lot about “high risk categories” or types of people who might have heightened reasons to personally fear the bug (older people, smokers, and America’s specialty: the obese). But one important High Risk category that people […]

Fear Mongering from Anti-Preppers Soars (All in the Name of Fighting Fear)

Do you like having access to things like food, water, and toilet paper? Do you like for your children to have access to things like food, water, and toilet paper? Are you a happy, calm, responsible adult who thinks that having a couple months’ supply of such things on hand for your family is a […]

It’s Time To Brace For Coronavirus Impact

Much has happened on the pandemic front since I posted Coronavirus and the Viral Spread of Decentralization at the beginning of the month, with two developments serving nicely as bookends to the situation as it stands here near the end of February:  The Coronavirus pandemic sailed past every threshold required for qualification as a pandemic, […]