School bells ring and students return to classrooms. While some elements of the curriculum made headlines during the spring and summer, there’s been no mention of the need for economic education. But who needs economic education? Right? Consider some of the numbers. According to the Experian Consumer Credit Review, consumer debt as of November 2020 […]
I’ve long admired farmers, ranchers and others who work in the agriculture industry. I worked on a hog farm a couple of months the summer before I started college. And I occasionally accompanied my best friend and his father, a veterinarian, on some of his house calls. Make that barn and corral calls. But that’s […]
At least that’s my take on the every four years spectacle we call the Olympics. Well, except the new COVID calendar has it in a five-year (and who knows what’s next) cycle this time around. I’m just glad I get the chance to take a political, social activist break from the craziness in the world […]
In the interest of offering a momentary reprieve from what are justifiably more serious topics — among them pandemics, politics and who’s most likely to start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos — I’d like to change the subject and write about something else. Fun. What is fun, really? We’re constantly encouraged to have it. […]
I took a lot of heat (and received plenty of compliments) from my last column titled “The lost art of the follow-up question.” The heat wasn’t from the topic, but rather the tone. For some reason, my tone had people telling me, “This is why our country is so divided.” It’s as if I was […]
“If you want to get someone’s attention, hit them in their pocketbook.” This saying has been around a long time, but the truth becomes blatantly obvious as gas prices rise between fillups, groceries cost more each time they’re purchased and utilities and housing costs skyrocket. Inflation receives the bulk of the blame, but exactly what […]
Americans are a resilient bunch — including entrepreneurs and their employees and investors. According to the latest numbers reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, gross domestic product growth accelerated in the first quarter as the climb out of the deep economic hole dug during the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Yet, President Joe Biden serves […]
It’s time to revisit a favorite subject of mine: news releases. More specifically, it’s time to beg again for local news releases and the opportunity they afford to share more information with readers. I swear, there are occasions when I feel like less like a newspaper editor and more like the orphan Oliver Twist in […]
Is it just me, or have members of the mainstream media — read Democratic party spokespeople — become mouthpieces spouting talking points word for word as they’re told? I know we all know MSM leans well to the left, but it’s become the Mortimer Snerd to the Charlie McCarthy Democrats. I didn’t say Edgar Bergen, […]
In the political world, it seems like everyone — no matter which side of the aisle they reside on — loves small business. And they truly seem to want small businesses to succeed. Just not too much, apparently. If a business grows, innovates, excels at serving consumers and rises to become a global leader, the […]