The ‘We’re-Really-Not-Raising-Your-Taxes’ Tax

The Senate of the United States is currently debating the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act. Doesn’t that sound nice? I mean, who could possibly be against fairness in the marketplace. The essence of the bill is the repeal of the sales … Continue reading →

The Smartest People in the Room?

This past weekend my beautiful bride informed me that she wanted to explore a new indoor flea market that had been established in our neck of the woods. She also informed me that I was going to accompany her on … Continue reading →

Just a Tiny Sliver of Silver

I try very hard to find the “silver lining” in every cloud, if for no other reason than psychological self-defense. In thinking about the whole Hostess/Twinkies versus unions situation, it took me a long time to find the tiniest sliver … Continue reading →

Where Should We Go From Here?

There has been a lot of chatter, chock full of recriminations, in the short time since the elections, but in all of it there has been scant attention given to any sort of plan to move forward, and even less … Continue reading →

A Letter to Both Santas

Kids write letters to Santa Claus every year. It’s a lovely tradition, but once you stop hoping for a pony to appear magically under the tree, it sort of dies. But with the same original, childlike hope, I thought a … Continue reading →

Useful Work

Lately we’ve been hearing a lot of talk about how expensive a college education is, how hard it will be for the little darlings ensconced in the sheltered halls of academe to repay the loans that they’ve taken to “invest” … Continue reading →

You Can Pick Only Two

There’s an old adage in business that goes “Price! Quality! Delivery! — Pick Two.”  It should seem self-evident that when you have those three options, there is a self-limiting factor among them.  Can you have top quality at a low … Continue reading →

Random Thoughts

As thoughts run (or perhaps stumble would be a more accurate characterization) I write them down.  I usually think to myself “Hmmm, this might be good for an article”.  But it isn’t always.  Sometimes it’s just an interesting thought.  So … Continue reading →

Time for Businesses to Start Shopping for a New Bank?

The McMillan Group International, the parent company of McMillan Firearms Manufacturing was informed by an employee of Bank of America (Mr. Ray Fox, Senior Vice President, Market Manager, Business Banking, Global Commercial Banking for BofA) that after a 12 year … Continue reading →

TANSTAAFL

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This article was originally published on American Thinker on Saturday, February 18, 2012. No, TANSTAAFL isn’t a new type of Swedish meatball.  Nor is it the name of a solar powered sauna.  Robert A. Heinlein, the science fiction writer, created … Continue reading →