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Atlas tries hard to avoid controversial topics.  We exist to help clients manage risk through a variety of environments using a proprietary method of market analysis.  But we’ll tangentially touch on topic today that comes with some contention here in America because the title above was too good not to use: Masks.

We all know how important energy is to the modern world.  We’ve recently had a couple of instances demonstrate how messed up things can get when its supply is interrupted.  First was that freakish weather pattern which blanketed much of the nation in February as the Polar Vortex dipped lower than normal, pushing the power grid to the brink of failure in many areas.  Simulta

Classic relationships can be so romantic.  They can even inform our own ideas about the successfulness of our pairings.  Take Ethel and Fred Mertz.  I know Lucy and Ricky are the main characters, but their neighbors really crack me up.  Like Fred, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for the price tag on some item my wife wants to get rid of because I thin

The U.S. government is steeped in mystery.  But next month they may reveal some of the pieces to the great puzzle.  A report ordered by the U.S.

When a collection of tree trunks and other large pieces of wood sprawl across the width of a flowing body of water, we call that a log jam.  These naturally occurring blocks alter the flow of water mostly by slowing and/or redirecting it.  Sometimes this creates pools where there wouldn’t otherwise be any.  As these collections of water fill higher, they can begin to spill

People of notoriety are often given the opportunity to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game.  As you can see in this video which highlights some of the worst throws, the sixty-foot toss is harder than the professionals make it look.  Similarly, economists throw out projections each month, anticipating the outco

Cycles govern much of our world.  The Beatles taught us that when the sun moves lower in the sky for a portion of the year we shouldn’t fret about the cold lasting forever.  Economies also ebb and flow as the business cycle moves from periods of expansion into usually relatively short intervals of contraction.  Even breathing is cyclical. 

Movies are the perfect medium for a comeback story.  Most that come to mind are fictional.  The writers can concoct a variety of scenarios to facilitate the protagonist getting back up from whatever setback she’s encountered and triumph before the credits roll.  On occasion, a movie sets up an actor for a return to the Oscars.  Two that come to mind for me is John Trav

For some people assuming more power drives their behavior.  History books are filled with leaders exhibiting this characteristic.  A few fairly recent examples come to mind.  Changes in both Russia and China have allowed leaders to stay longer than the initial arrangement, and those at the helm of both Hungary and the Philippines seized more authority during the coronavirus pande