Pittsboro, NC – An ordinary trip to the Siler City or Northeast Chatham Walmart will now include crowd control and restrictions on the movements of shoppers. Walmart sent out a press release on Friday outlining changes they were instituting in…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – Is the Corona 19 virus the result of a plot by the Chinese to bring down the United States? Or is it a plot by the United States to punish China? Knowing that…
By Kevin Roche Last week I wrote a post regarding the dangers of allowing experts with narrow perspectives to dictate public policy. Others, including futurist George Gilder, have written on the same theme. (Gilder Post) There are many reasons…
By Kevin Roche As you might imagine when venturing out on a controversial subject like mitigation measures for coronavirus spread, you get a lot of comments. Most are fine, but of course there are a number along the lines of…
By Kevin Roche Just trying, like many of you, to take a deep breath and see if we understand a few key facts of where we seem to be on the coronavirus epidemic and what that suggests for appropriate courses…
By Kevin Roche There are several methods of coming to conclusions about causative and descriptive relationships. One is to take a set of actual data (you are of course hoping the data is accurate and complete) and run a variety…
by Frank Shostak In the midst of the emerging economic chaos triggered by the COVID-19 coronavirus, individuals are seeking answers from governments as to how to prevent the emerging economic disaster. Most economic experts are sympathetic to this and are…
by D.G. Martin Chapel Hill, NC – I wish it hadn’t happened. Already, the losses have been jarring. And there is much more to come. But, as with other catastrophes, such as floods, hurricanes, fires, 9/11, recessions, depressions, world wars,…
Atlanta, GA – The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to North Carolina small businesses suffering substantial economic injury as a result of the Wuhan Coronavirus (COVID-19) SBA acted under its own authority,…
Raleigh, NC – Governor Roy Cooper issued a statewide Stay at Home Executive Order at a Friday afternoon briefing from the state’s Coronavirus Task Force. The Stay at Home Order is effective at 5 p.m. on Monday and will last…