The best laid plans. How often have you heard that? Often followed by an ellipsis, or likely a verbal ellipsis... a thought left unsaid, because we all know what it means. That even the best laid plans oft go awry. So here we are. With a global pandemic. With soaring unemployment. With political unrest. With doubts that anyone, let alone anyone in power, has solid plans, let alone the "best laid plans". And if even the best laid plans go awry, how can we find confidence in the lack of a plan? I'll start by saying that I have faith in the Centers for Disease Control. They understand this disease, and its risks, better than anyone. It is exactly their purview to advise the general public how to control disease. We have a disease that needs control. The connection seems clear. When they advise social distancing, and masks, that's what we should do. Where my faith falters is in the rest of our government, our economy, our society- and our ability to play within those lin