I might not be the smartest businessman on the planet, but I do know one thing. If I keep writing checks my account can’t fund (or my backside can’t keep) my bank will do the simplest of things: It will shut me down. And if I keep writing checks after things are shut down, there’s […]
Statistics continue to tell what could be called a tale of two cities in contrasting the differences between Denver and Grand Junction. It would be a stretch to say it’s the best of times or the worst of times. That’s certainly not the case. Nonetheless, there’s little doubt Grand Junction and Mesa County lag behind […]
The anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on American soil has me thinking about freedom. Like you, I can recall exactly where I was on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 and I first saw the images on my television. I had just returned home the night before from a trip to Seattle visiting and […]
I suppose that whatever eventually comes of the entire Syria mess, we’ll at least have been treated to the surreal spectacle of John Kerry and other erstwhile peaceniks suddenly subscribing to many of the ideas they found so offensive when, once upon a time, they were applied in opposition to communism or Saddam Hussein. It […]
There’s nothing better than an entrepreneurial success story. Such stories serve not only to affirm the realization of the American dream, but also offer inspiration and instruction to those who pursue their own accomplishments. Here in Western Colorado, one of the best entrepreneurial success stories of all recounts the exploits of four brothers who founded […]
There’s growing interest in Congress in decreasing the corporate tax rate to increase the competitiveness of U.S. businesses strapped with highest tax rate among developed countries. That’s a laudable effort well worth pursuing. At the same time, though, what can be even higher individual income tax rates for many small business owners hasn’t received similar […]
New York lies once again at the center of a controversy commanding national attention. This time, it’s not (just) Anthony Wiener’s eccentric cell phone use that’s catching the nation’s attention, but something with more serious implications. Federal district judge Shira A. Scheindlin managed to arrive at the decision the NYPD stop-and-frisk — more accurately called […]
In response to some of my recent Facebook posts, and well, yes, some of my columns, people have told me I tend to be negative in what I have to say. I guess it’s hard to argue that point when one looks at the headlines in the news internationally, nationally and even locally. Most of […]
Of all the indicators that offer insights into the economy, few illicit as much interest as wages. Understandably so. Wages constitute the largest collective expense for most businesses. Moreover, people just naturally want to know how their own paychecks compare with what others take home elsewhere. So what do the latest numbers have to say […]
Various market players expected second quarter real growth in gross domestic product in the United States to come in at less than 1 percent. But growth wound up registering 1.7 percent. So, for those playing the expectations game, second-quarter growth in the broad measure of goods and services produced in the country turned out to […]