We've Never Seen Anything Like This...And All That We Know About the Future is that the Worst Is Yet to Come
The Coronavirus Crisis is the first 50 state natural disaster in American history. And while it is certainly not the first for which the federal response was lacking, it may be the worst overall respo...
19 Mar 202054min
We Won't be the Same Again: A Once in a Century Crisis and the Big Changes It Will Produce
From an explosion of e-commerce to a re-evaluation of the roll of government, a teaching moment for healthcare policy and geopolitical shocks and aftershocks, the COVID-19 crisis is going to leave the...
17 Mar 202048min
Flying Blind: Facing an Unprecedented Crisis In a Time of Complete Leadership Failure in Washington
There are countries and systems that are managing the COVID-19 crisis comparatively well. South Korea, which invested heavily and early in testing is one. Singapore, in the view of renowned infectious...
16 Mar 202032min
When It's a Matter of Life and Death, Who Can You Trust?
Lives are at stake in the coronavirus crisis. And the future of democracy is at stake in the upcoming election. What is disturbing is that both vitally important issues depend on all of us having acce...
13 Mar 202046min
It's the End of the World As We Know It (And We Feel Fine...More or Less...Well, Not As Bad As You'd Think)
In a moment that a global pandemic has you self-quarantined and social distancing and a global market collapse has you terrified about the future and bad leadership has you curled up on under your bed...
9 Mar 202053min
Lies, Damned Lies, Infodemics and The Trump Disinformation Machine
We don't raise an eyebrow when Trump lies. Most of his early lies were of little consequence, about his wealth or sexual prowess or intellect. But in recent weeks, in the midst of the first major Inte...
6 Mar 202052min
Afghanistan! Syria! Coronavirus! Elections! What's Scariest?
After 20 years, the US is trying its best to get out of Dodge in Afghanistan. Trouble is the not-quite-a-peace-deal announced over the weekend fell apart on Monday. The US got out of Syria and now tha...
2 Mar 202059min
What If Shattering Norms Was the Right Thing to Do, But We Shattered All the Wrong Ones?
Donald Trump has made narcissism the central organizing principle of his government. It used to be said institutions were the lengthened shadow of one man. In the case of the US government today it is...
28 Feb 202050min
