- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
"In God we trust, all others bring data"
A White House press release today highlighted that, "[t]o monitor outcomes, the National Strategy will establish a data-driven,...
- Jan 19, 2021
- 2 min
Calibrating Theory with Practice - IEM7e Reviewed by ASIS
George Haddow, Jane Bullock, and I have always considered our efforts on Introduction to Emergency Management to be a genuine 'labor of...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
Values-Based Emergency and Risk Management
Emergency and risk management are most effective when they are values-based. We place extraordinarily-high value on life and health when...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
An Unlikely Defense of the Mask Mandate
Why do we need a mask mandate? Perhaps not for the reasons one might expect. It's no secret that resistance to masks remains at an...
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
COVID Risk Communication: Enabling Risk Comparisons
This article published today (Critics said the flu kills more than coronavirus. Why that's not a fair comparison -- and now, it's not...
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
Excess Deaths: Insurance Data Suggests It May Be Even Worse Than We Think
USAA just returned an additional $280M in unused car insurance premiums, bringing the total of returned USAA premiums to $800M since the...