The Daily Tar Heel :: Pharmacy closes, but Sutton’s Drug Store remains

This and the story today in the DTH about Hanna's Grill - a very impressive tale of fortitude! - remind me that there are lots of forces at work over which we have no control, from storms and criminal acts to big chain drugstores. Why should we have any confidence at all that PERRY understands all of that any better than anyone else? Who understands it best?