60 Years of “Warspeak”
...a former US Senator took the time to explain to me that framing certain problems as a war rather than, say, a public health issue, made it much easier to marshal public support and (hopefully) a lot of funding.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 16, 2026 | Public Policy | 0 |
...a former US Senator took the time to explain to me that framing certain problems as a war rather than, say, a public health issue, made it much easier to marshal public support and (hopefully) a lot of funding.
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 23, 2020 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 3, 2019 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 19, 2019 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 5, 2018 | Programs | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 4, 2018 | In the News, Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | May 17, 2018 | Public Policy | 1 |
A big cannabusiness just purchased two hundred acres in Tularosa, Otero County, claiming that will eventually be the nation’s largest dedicated parcel.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jan 25, 2016 | Programs, Treatment | 2 |
A former national insurance exec observed that when you work in healthcare management, most of your day is spent looking at columns of numbers.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 19, 2015 | Programs | 0 |
Some schedule periodic onsite visits that one wag compared to a pterodactyl circling overhead screaming at the ground before flying off again.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 15, 2015 | Programs | 0 |
For instance, a business that isn’t meeting investor expectations might decide to launch an aggressive marketing campaign without a corresponding increase in staff.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 22, 2014 | Programs | 0 |
“I don’t know why we bother. Hardly any of the stuff we predict ever comes to pass.”
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 23, 2012 | Programs | 0 |
A budget, after all, is just a detailed prediction about the future. Human beings are not that good at predicting the future.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 15, 2012 | Programs | 0 |
We’re competitive on price and have all the required services, but for some reason the award goes elsewhere.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 21, 2012 | Programs | 1 |
Put yourself in the reader’s place. Most big awards come after review committees of five to ten folks have sorted through a pile of proposals using a rather elaborate ratings tool.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 15, 2011 | Addiction Clinicians, Programs | 0 |
What am I supposed to do with all this information? It doesn’t bring in more patients or help me get additional staff to treat the patients I already have.
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