For Ellie

Letter from the very cheap seats: I’m amazed at the tendency of the Democratic leadership to retreat back into their own echo chamber. I write this with no great pleasure, as I don’t necessarily consider myself a Republican. Although I don’t consider myself a Democrat, either. I lean to the…

I posted this on Facebook and Instagram this morning. It’s funny, I’ve really cut down on my Facebook time this year — January 6th was an inflection point for me, and right afterwards I deleted the app from my phone, which took away about 90% of the use cases for…

I originally intended this to be a short post on Facebook, but as I wrote I realized I had more to say. Since you’re reading, here goes: After spending some time this morning on Facebook again sifting through the mess left in the wake of the insurrection at the Capitol…

Happy 2021! It sure feels like this year January 1 has taken on a deeper meaning. I know that today many people will be writing out a list of ways they’d like to change and improve. …

Happy Winter Solstice! It’s always a wonderful day to me — I love the metaphor that just when things seem darkest, brighter days are ahead. Particularly after 2020 — ooof. Every year my company, Plenty, creates a short video to celebrate the day and launch some friendly inspiration into the…

One of things I inherited when my dad died was his six-volume set of Churchill’s The Second World War. It was one of Dad’s most prized possessions; I can remember him sitting in his rocker devouring the pages. I can’t say I’ve made it through all six volumes, and I…

As I type this, it’s about 10:15 AM the morning after the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. …

Hi all, as you may have seen from some of our previous posts, the Plenty team has been doing direct data mining of the U.S. and worldwide COVID-19 data in order to better advise our clients and community. In that spirit, we wanted to share the latest data in two…

I’ve posted this simple analysis elsewhere but may as well post this here too. The intent of this post is to try to concisely parse out the actual data about COVID-19 and help us understand what is concerning and what isn’t. …