Weekly Reports

THIS FLU EPIDEMIC IS REAL AND SERIOUS. With three months of flu ‘season’ to go, the percentage of people treated – for severe fever, chills, muscle aches, coughing and headaches – is already triple last year’s rate, and over 7%... Continue

• DYSFUNCTIONAL FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT IN WASHINGTON is “disturbingly similar” to the incompetency of European leaders – “addicted to last-minute, short-term fixes, and so incapable of agreeing on long-term strategy… in three depressing ways: (1) Inability to get beyond ‘patching up’…resorting... Continue

• “MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS HAVE AT LEAST ONE FIREARM, AND THEY’RE NOT GOING AWAY,” according to Gallup. The rejuvenated debate over gun ‘control’ generally ignores two major and related factors in homicide rates. First, that “random mass... Continue

• GOODYE 2012! A clever and humorous quickie recap: http://www.jibjab.com/originals/2012_the_end_is_here? utm_campaign=2012_12_21_JJ_INFO_Year_in_Review&utm_term=email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=StrongMail&utm_content=Fri%2C+21+Dec+2012+08%3A52%3A44+-0800 • “TACTICS IS KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING TO DO. STRATEGY IS KNOWING WHAT TO DO WHEN THERE’S NOTHING TO DO.” Make 2013 an optimally productive &... Continue