Archive - All Predictions Wrong

Is it Peak Car?

U.S. auto sales are declining. Perhaps Motor Mania is finally over.

10 hrs ago • Gregg Easterbrook

It’s the American Century in orbit

A vast cloud of AI satellites is forming around our world. Most are American.

Jun 5 • Gregg Easterbrook

May 2026

The new book burning - it's invisible

Soon AI will let government and big tech alter what’s in books

May 29 • Gregg Easterbrook

Church versus chapel

The world needs more chapels and chaplains

May 22 • Gregg Easterbrook

Tariffs, wars, blockades -- why doesn’t the global economy collapse?

Perhaps because no one is in charge

May 15 • Gregg Easterbrook

Lift the Iran blockade

For decades the United States Navy protected freedom of navigation. Then it staged a blockade.

May 6 • Gregg Easterbrook

April 2026

TMQ: Why NFL draft predictions are always wrong

“We couldn’t believe he was still there.” Soon you’ll know the reason.

Apr 28 • Gregg Easterbrook

Tuesday Morning Quarterback: Mocking the Mock Drafts

TMQ gets the Pope, ballerinas and antitrust law into the same post

Apr 21 • Gregg Easterbrook

Artemis II was a triumph – but a permanent Moon base would be the ultimate boondoggle

Apr 17 • Gregg Easterbrook

An ode to Easter

Christmas makes kids happy, Easter is what matters to theology

Apr 5 • Gregg Easterbrook

A ticking time bomb in American politics

The right wing is going to love the year 2030

Apr 3 • Gregg Easterbrook

March 2026

A century-old political book that anticipates this month’s events

Does military spending prevent war or cause war?

Mar 27 • Gregg Easterbrook