There is a reason for optimism regarding COVID-19. There are now three approved vaccines available in the U.S. and many of the most vulnerable people have either been vaccinated or will soon be. The number…
Writing a book is hard. Getting published is even more difficult. I recently read Anne Lamott’s book Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. I bought this book several years ago thinking it…
“Once upon a time there was a great and wise king who ruled a large, prosperous country. However, a great depression ensued, and no one could determine its cause. The king, seeing that people were…
As you are probably aware by now, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won the Super Bowl on Sunday. The National Football League has two conferences – the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference…
In the last week, new cases of COVID-19 have decreased significantly in every region in the United States. As of January 21st the weekly average of daily new cases declined by 20% in the Northeast…
The introduction to the recent book Bad Buying starts with a story about the NASA space pen. As the story goes, realizing that regular pens would not work in low gravity environments, NASA supposedly spent…
According to data reported by John Hopkins, Alabama currently leads the nation in new COVID-19 deaths per capita. Over the last week, Alabama has averaged 111 deaths per day (2.26 per 100,000 people), slightly ahead…
One week into the new year COVID-19 cases are beginning their post-Christmas surge. Since the end of 2020 the weekly average of daily new cases has risen by 16% in the Midwest and West, 18%…
As a writer, practitioner, and student of risk management, I was intrigued to discover Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers, which was written by two economics professors and published last March. I approach any work…
The year 2020 will be most prominently known for the COVID-19 pandemic, which has currently killed 1.8 million people. Hopefully, with the vaccination process already underway life will get back to a pre-COVID normal in…