| AIDS | Incidence rising, no cure |
| Balance of payments | Negative & declining |
| Consumer confidence | Declining |
| Democratic party | Finished |
| Digital boom | Played out |
| Global climate | Warming, sea level rising |
| Government deficit | Record high, increasing |
| Health care costs | Exponential growth |
| Household savings | Near zero |
| Housing market | A bubble |
| Influenza | Pandemic overdue |
| Nuclear weapons | Proliferating |
| Price of oil | Record high, increasing |
| Race relations | White/black/brown tensions |
| Science | Intelligent design |
| Social security | Bankrupt |
| Species | Accelerating extinction |
| Spiritual attitudes | The rapture is coming |
| Value of the dollar | Declining |
| Iraq | Civil war |