Protected from harm and danger, that’s what if means to feel safe. Lots of Americans would love to feel “safe and secure.” They want to live in a nation where breathing and working are unlikely to lead to injury or death. They used to live in such a country. Fifty-five years ago a young lawyer […]
A One Percent Risk to Your Survival
The subject is big – your life and the survival of your family and community. It involves nuclear weapons, which most people believe they can’t influence. It’s so big, so threatening, so overpowering, most don’t think about the problem at all. Until you see a message on your phone: Emergency Alert BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO […]
Unsafe: Surviving the New Age of Anxiety
A different, new age of anxiety is brewing. To understand why, look around. One of the world’s favored centers of “chill” just burned to the ground. In the peacefully pleasant California wine country residents woke to winds whipping fire. Within minutes their homes reduced to ashes, their vehicles melted. They had no warning. In the morning light […]