Day after day I do research tracking the trends that are shaping our future. I do not care about politics in an ideological sense, seeing partisanship as differing processes that produce policies with objectively quantifiable outcomes. My calibration of trends is very simple: Is this trend producing wellness, at every relevant level from the individual to the planetary? Data is my mentor. As day has rolled into day, and year into year, doing this even day has taught me: It is possible to measure events quantified on the basis of wellness just as one can measure profit and loss. Using databases from recognized sources, such as The Gallup Organization, The Pew Research Group, the Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Gates Foundation, as a representative list, and examining variables such as life expectancy,1 Obesity,2 Type II Diabetes,3 literacy,4 numeracy,5 teen pregnancy,6 out-of-wedlock birth,7 heart disease,8 psychiatric prescription drug usage,8, 9 infant mortality,10 maternal mortality,11 child abuse,12 and incarceration,13 or just something as simple as having a sense of well-being,14 if we look at the data, seeing it unbiased by ideology or theology, it tells us that life-affirming wellness-oriented, democratic policies produce healthier more vital […]