https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2009/07/14/are-we-spinning-out-of-control/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 04:58:00 -0400<![CDATA[I don&#8217;t want to be a Cassandra &#8211; and nobody ever believed my predictions anyway, nor should they &#8211; but for the first time in my life I have the sensation that things are spinning our of control. It&#8217;s not just domestically, where Mort Zuckerman&#8217;s column puts a fine point on just how bad things are with our economy (16.5% really unemployed in his calculation), but globally where no one seems to have the slightest idea what to do about North Korea or Iran. There is no consensus for anything. We live in entropy &#8211; in its fourth definition on Dictionary.com: a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.]]>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:07:02 -0400<![CDATA[Roger L. Simon]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-l-simon/2009/07/14/are-we-spinning-out-of-control-n217288