Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

August 19, 2020 – Mary L. G. Theroux …… Rather than simply reprinting government press releases with facts and figures on the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals being overwhelmed, the threat from thousands of “cases,” etc., it would be refreshing if reporters actually went out and did some investigative checking for themselves.

Where There’s a Will There’s a Won’t: A COVID-Related Tale of Bureaucracy

August 18, 2020 – James A. Montanye …… Commercial enterprises eagerly began squeezing value out of long-idled private assets as the state-mandated COVID shutdown progressively was relaxed. Tax-funded county operations, by contrast, were content to deny service to patrons despite the conspicuous idleness of public assets under their jurisdiction.