The current administration recently announced federal funding to the tune of $500 million for innovative early learning programs for children under the age of 5. Advocates claim this will get children, particularly the poor, prepared for kindergarten and result in them having better opportunities to learn. Opponents believe this is not the government’s job and [...]
IBM has come to be synonymous with America businesses acumen for building, refining and expanding at home and globally. The firm has thrived over a span of time that included two world wars and many lesser ones, the great depression and a number of financial bumps in the road, periods of fantastic growth as well [...]
Less than 25% of Americans believe the children of today will be better off than their parents once they get into the workforce. Adults between 18 and 39 are more optimistic that success will occur for younger generations than those over 40, with only 13% of people 65+ believing the future for the kids is [...]
Over the Memorial Day weekend just past, several movie networks paid tribute to those who served in the armed forces during WWII. Watching these films made me realize how much they sacrificed in order for us to remain free. Maybe we can take a page from their book and apply it to overcoming the continuing [...]
A poll taken in early June, after the unemployment rate climbed to 9.1%, indicates consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level since the president took office in January 2009. Only 3 in 10 Americans, across all age groups, expect the economy to improve in the next year. And, half of all respondents say it [...]
