There was a time long, long ago when purchases required planning. Customers paid with cash or checks issued from their bank accounts. Money had to be available to pay for purchases, and was saved prior to the purchase of bigger items. Purchases required conscious decisions about both the need for products and sufficiency of funds. […]
No one should be surprised when the Joe Biden administration stakes out policy ground that diverges greatly from the views and well-being of small businesses. That’s been the case on a wide array of issues — from taxes to regulations to intellectual property and more. Now we see it again regarding advancements in artificial intelligence. […]
I’m so thankful. I write that a lot. Mostly in the emails I send people. That’s because I’m usually thanking them for doing something I requested. Submitting a column or news release. Or agreeing to an interview. But that’s also because I really am. Thankful, that is. Not that print journalism is all rainbows and […]
Every so often Facebook isn’t actually Satan’s custom-designed, most-successful playground and some rays of light shine through. While the light in my life resides in my faith, He occasionally sends a message through others. Occasionally, if I’m paying attention, the evil which is Facebook presents His message in His perfect timing. For this column, the […]
Life is all about choices. Some choices are fairly inconsequential — what sounds good for dinner, for example. But other choices could have more significant effects — like when to trade in the old car. People make dozens of choices every day. So do businesses. The economic term cost-benefit analysis describes the process of comparing […]
Even after nearly 25 years on the job, I’m astounded by the things I discover about businesses. My latest surprise occurred when I received in my email inbox a news release from Knott Laboratory about another high-profile investigation in which the company was involved. I was familiar with Knott Laboratory because of a story I […]
While always the same, they usually end in more disappointment. “So, what are they, Craig,” you ask? My desire is always to have citizens vote for smaller government, fewer government powers, less taxes, less government intrusion and putting good people into office. Now you’re probably wondering I’m usually disappointed in election results. Yeah, me too. […]
One of my jobs as editor of a business journal is to follow and report on economic indicators. And I do. A lot. Everything from unemployment rates to real estate sales to tax collections. That’s not to mention the various confidence indexes based on the results of surveys of business owners and leaders. As something […]
Isn’t that what elections are all about? We vote every time for some candidate, some law or some tax giving the government the power or money to do the things we want done. And we do it in the worst way — mob rule by votes. Even with this year’s mostly mundane ballot I just […]
And just who might “they” be? As history proves time and again, the usual suspects: The Democrat party, teachers unions and all those “unaffiliated,” leftist candidates. For those of you who don’t know this fact, I can hazard a pretty accurate guess which subjects you didn’t pay attention to in your education — the sub-topic […]