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Mourning doves are found throughout America and have large populations in most places they reside.  They are a hearty animal, capable of surviving in a variety of conditions, including summers in desert climates.  As you know, deserts are challenging environments.  Relative to other parts of earth, little grows here and that which does is highly adapted.  For these birds to

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” - Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Going viral is all the rage! J R and I were just talking about song parodies we’d come up with, dreaming millions of people would download the videos we’d create and pave a couple of paths to fame.  While the imaginary stars were still glimmering in our eyes, COVID-19 was creating another world which was once thought to also be confined to imagination.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about contagion spilling over into the global economy. For instance, Atlas had to cancel its first Pie Party ever! Coco’s will miss our company, but after reaching out to some of our regular attendees it was decided this postponement was best.

Prices are dynamic and governed by the irrefutable law of supply and demand.  In this global economy with complex logistics, supply levels often move up or down due to exogenous shocks like weather or geopolitics.  On the other side, consumer preferences change, impacting demand.  One week an item is all the rage and prices are rising.  The next, there’s a surfeit of t

Last week Atlas posted this note regarding the Edelman Trust Barometer illustrating Americans’ distrust of the media, corporations, non-government organizations (NGOs), and the government itself.