The pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry has the reputation for being all about large businesses, a mistaken view widely pitched in political circles. While large firms remain critical to the industry and the life-saving, life-enhancing treatments it produces — firms that grew as a result of producing new and improved drug treatments — it pays […]
Remember our parents’ warning about getting what we ask for coming back to bite us in our backsides? Even if we don’t, life has a way of making us realize what our parents warned about was an eternal truth. In my life, it’s more than just that single truth to be careful about as I’ve […]
Private sector technology and innovation have made real differences in helping entrepreneurs start new businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s right. To use the political vernacular, big tech has been important to startup entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, big government — which has had big tech in its regulatory crosshairs supposedly to help the little guy — has […]
Have you ever noticed that products advertised as new and improved rarely are? Definitions of words and phrases constantly change to modify or gloss over original meanings. Politicians masters this. The same thing happens in economics. The policy of supply-side economics stressing limited government regulations and low taxes has been in use since the founding […]
To the editor: A recent editorial in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel requires a response. First and most importantly, the local party does not set the election rules, nor does the state Republican party. Those decisions are made by the State Legislature. I am, as the local party chair, not allowed to alter those rules. […]
One of the advantages of working at one business journal for so long is the opportunity longevity affords to get to know entrepreneurs and others involved in the business community. One of the disadvantages is the people you meet and with whom you develop professional relationships sometimes leave. They sell their ventures. They move away […]
Those of you who know me know I end up in too many conversations that take up entirely too much of my time and attention. When I’m honest, I realize that’s a bad thing — whether I began the conversation, jumped into someone else’s conversation or was invited into a conversation. We also know where […]
An unprecedented number of “help wanted” signs appear in every town and city across America and even on billboards along the interstate highways. Flights are cancelled because there are insufficient flight crews to operate the planes. Supplies are limited at retail outlets due to a lack of manpower to work docks, drive trucks and unload […]
Add to death and taxes another certainty in this world. At least in my world. Writing is difficult. Case in point: An impending deadline hangs over my head like the blade of a guillotine, yet I’m struggling once again to assemble enough cogent words for a column. I always aim for profundity. Then settle for […]
There are those who question the effectiveness of incentives in promoting economic development — in particular in attracting businesses to an area. A recipient stays long enough to take advantage of the incentives, then moves on to another location to obtain even more incentives, one argument goes. It’s a specious contention. There are exceptions. But […]