How many things do you figure can go wrong all at once, and still be managed?

I understand that your plate is pretty full already, with the war going poorly, the economy imploding, polar ice sheets collapsing due to global warming and all. Some days it all seems too much. So we avert our gaze and focus on our lives, families and communities, hoping "someone" will deal with the global issues.


When several things go wrong at once the media and politicians seem able to focus on only one at a time. Remember, it was only a few months ago that the war was "issue No. 1," with voters. Then global warming jumped into the lead for a short time. Now the economy is "issue No. 1," which means the war and environment, both of which remain growing problems, have been put back on the shelf -- again.