Matlock Report

If the service economy is “Open for Business” shouldn’t they also be open for inspection? Health agencies have long instituted the ABCs of rating the food sector. Still, Reports of pests munching on packages or leaving vermin and/or cockroach droppings still earns food facilities an “A” grade. Think about that when eating a candy bar …

Seeing and listening to the public, fast-food and business owners, and policy makers on the uncertainty of opening restaurants, the phrase “eat and run” comes to mind. Except now, the food deliverer runs and you the patron eats. Bacteria, like people, also need to eat. Consider the yearly outbreak of E.coli. According to the Max …

“L’enfer, c’est les autres.” – Jean-Paul Sartre I have pointed to accelerators in the transmission of viruses. In my July 2019 paper, “U.S. Dangerous Troika? – Physician, Pharma, and Hospital,” I question the training and/or experience of staff. →Health Sector Bad Practices Countless reports and statistics have backed up claims of hospitals, physicians and nurses’ …

I wish to bring attention to what I find are implications of governments and people’s efforts to mitigate transmission. From one extreme to another, household cleaners and heartburn drugs, it appears that the public and scientists’ actions comes close to dangerous in their attempts of prevention or treatment. Measures people are taking have resulted in …

“There’s been some interesting experiments. There was a Latin American experiment. I have just committed a security violation. Never mind. An experiment in some country with the CIA stationed in the future.” – Gregory Treverton, Former National Intelligence Council Chair, on the “Future of Intelligence,” February 26, 2020 Yes Treverston, given the lockdown all across …

“Comrades and Friends, the Chinese people pursue great dreams and the Chinese nation dreams with the spirit of reforms and openness…We’re not only good at displaying the old world, we’re also good at building the new. …we never lost confidence in the future and came up with a Three-Step Blueprint to basically achieve socialist modernization …

Whatever your market, you will find gatekeepers working the chains – manufacturers, distributors, vendors, and retailers. Let me be clear, I share here that which I’ve shared in the past with family, friends, and colleagues. Focus now is on living. When the time presents itself, aim for living well. In this pandemic, alternative vendors’ products …

Markets across the world and throughout history are known to have shady characters. Like in the days when old town peddlers came through peddling their medicines and novelties, modern society needs to be on alert. The current pandemic has aroused fear where hoarding continues. But have shoppers overlooked safety and quality? No time than the …

The sights and sounds are that of a “Gotham City.” What I am seeing are cities resembling the likes of those in comic books. Men representing the State and the Law appear like the pompous “Penguin” and “Riddler” speaking in riddles. The Superhero, in the guise of a wealthy businessman fighting crime and corruption, is …

Rest in Peace, George, Ahmaud, Eric, Laquan, Tamir, Walter, Michael, Freddie, Sandra, Philando, Botham, Briana, Rodney, MLK, MalcomX, …………….. Americans and those around the World, let’s Respect and Honor our thousands of Brothers and Sisters in the U.S. and the millions around the World who have been brutally killed because they are Black. Brothers and …