New federal paid-leave rules are a down payment on a treatment plan for the pandemic’s economic symptoms.
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Small Business Health In Viral Times
Planting, Picking And Packing Amid A Pandemic
Much of the economy may shut down amid COVID-19, but the advancing seasons mean farm work must continue.
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Selling Treasuries, Buying Charmin
This week, the only assets people did not rush to sell were food staples, medical supplies and hygienic paper products.
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Built-In Hackability
Your Intel-based computer may have an unfixable security flaw. But unless you work for a secret service, don’t worry.
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Cancellation Compensation Is Complicated
With events of all sorts being canceled or postponed, getting tickets refunded can be easy – or not.
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Absorbing A Business Hit From COVID-19
For virally challenged businesses, meaning nearly all of them, questions are coming faster than answers.
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Georgia Thinks It’s Cool To Be Cool
Georgia’s generous film credits enjoy broad support, but skeptics question whether their benefits justify the cost.
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Is America Taking A (Super)power Nap?
Will COVID-19 trigger the Recession of 2020? Maybe, but either way it will undoubtedly feel like it for many Americans.
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Sentinel, Looking Back And Looking Forward
A lot has changed since I published the first issue of this newsletter, but a surprising amount has not. Both are reflected in the first paragraph of that May 1993 edition, from an article titled “For The Best Gifts, Keep On Giving.”
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Yankee, Stay Home
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis tells New Yorkers to stay away, but social distancing must begin at home.
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