I know I pick on our government all too much. I know this for two reasons. First off, because many people tell me I do. And I guess that’s good and bad, as some tend to agree with what I have to say, but others tend to think I say it all too much. But […]
Listening to Barack Obama’s recent speech on the economy in a policy vacuum, you could get the idea the president is pretty reasonable on the issue of regulation. As is the case so often in the political world, rhetoric doesn’t match reality. Obama said, “I agree that there are some rules and regulations that do […]
The NFL season kicked off right after President Barack Obama’s jobs speech came to a close. As a free-market, supply side economist, I’m no fan of Obama’s policy agenda. As a Minnesota Vikings fan, I’m not too crazy about the New Orleans Saints, who beat the Vikings in the NFC championship game in 2010 and […]
American small business owners didn’t have high hopes that President Barack Obama would remove the obstacles preventing them from creating jobs, so they weren’t terribly surprised when he rolled out his lackluster American Jobs Act before a joint session of Congress. The nation’s job creators learned long ago the president’s warm words for Main Street […]
I remember the day so clearly. I had just returned from a buddy golf trip to Seattle, and Nikki confirmed what we suspected before I left. While we were driving to a friend’s house to catch the Monday night football game after picking me up at Walker Field, Nikki told to me we were going […]
Even a casual reading of the stories in this issue of the Business Times reveals a theme: Government regulations hinder business and, in turn, economic recovery. A story on page 3 details the results of a study conducted for the Western Energy Alliance, a Denver-based trade association of more than 400 companies involved in energy […]
Actor Alan Alda once offered a memorable observation of human behavior. In a commence address at Connecticut College, where his daughter was graduating, Alda said: “Deep in our hearts we know the best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come […]
If there’s one constant in business, it’s that it’s always changing. Nothing could be more true for small businesses, especially in this economy. And as we head into September, changes are indeed coming to the Business Times. The paper has actually grown while weathering the economic storm pretty well. We’ve grown in producing 36- to […]
Editor’s note: Here’s a question-and-answer session with Claire Damken Brown, founder and president of Damken Brown & Associates, a Colorado consulting firm that specializes in diversity and equal employment opportunity strategies, gender communication, sexual harassment prevention and cultural competency. Brown is scheduled to lead a presentation at a Sept. 21 meeting of the Western Colorado Human Resource […]
As a veteran of the business world, I certainly understand why many business owners are apprehensive about the health care system. They have enough on their plates simply dealing with the day-to-day challenges of a slowly recovering economy, meeting payroll, making a profit and keeping the lights on. Businesses already pay a bulk of health […]