June 17, 2013
A couple of months back sequestration was imposed upon us with the threat that the country would essentially shut down services. I explained in my previous column why that would not happen. And, I don’t know about you but I have not seen any material repercussions from sequestration. Oh, well, maybe if you wanted to take a White House tour or you did not want to have your flig
May 10, 2013
“The just man, though he die early, shall be at rest.
April 8, 2013
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 87, died today of a stroke. Margaret Thatcher’s political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy.
February 26, 2013
Joseph Alois Ratzinger was born in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, on April 16, 1927—Holy Saturday—and baptized that same day; the first person baptized in the new Easter water. It was a sign of blesing, he wrote in a memoir, that his life from the beginning was thus immersed in the Easter mystery.
December 21, 2012
Many homes and Christmas trees around the country will be adorned with fewer gifts than usual this year as millions of people are either under-employed or unemployed, and have been so for months. Parents and gift-givers are making difficult choices about what they can spend and for whom they can afford gifts.
August 28, 2012
Neil Armstrong, a man whose name has long been associated with the ultimate in modern space travel, passed away due to complications of heart surgery. But his legacy continues.
“I was very fortunate to have once interviewed Neil Armstrong,” recalls Juan Senor, a prominent London-based Catholic, well-respected international journalist, speaker, and partner at Innovation Media Consultants who once interviewed the first human to step foot on the moon. “I asked him [Armstrong] what he thought of people who claimed that Apollo 11’s trip to the moon was
It’s a simple fact that the “business” of higher education has led to a big problem across the country. There are too many people who are going to college in the first place, but also, far too many who are carrying enormous student and other loan debt as a result of their sometimes-impractical degrees.
July 2, 2012
A recent nationwide study, The Rise of Asian Americans, (June 2012) published by the well-known non-partisan Pew research Center concludes:
May 14, 2012
Contrary to what is commonly heard in the news, manufacturing is on the rise again according to industry leaders. Job openings are increasing rapidly, yet the number of open positions being filled is not increasing. For manufacturers, especially those returning to the U.S. for various reasons, this is a huge problem.
May 11, 2012
The thing you need to know about California brush fires is how fast they can move and how high they can reach.
Whenever we smell smoke here in the southwest corner of the country, we’re on high alert.
August 4, 2011
by Kathy Sullivan
April 14, 2011
by Thomas Loarie
October 15, 2010
by Pat Lencioni
It’s a simple but painful problem that has plagued business people since the beginning of time, I’m sure.
August 24, 2010
By Randy Hain, managing partner of Bell Oaks Executive Search
As they ascend the corporate ladder, many leaders do a curious thing … they stop networking. There isn’t much else that can have more of a long term negative impact on a career.
