The administration recently announced the employment trend is improving, even though unemployment rose again in December. The rationale this optimism is the trend indicates we are losing jobs at a reduced rate. If you or someone you know is included in the 10 percent who are on the unemployment roles or the additional7.5 percent considered [...]
With all the fancy number crunching going on in Washington, it’s hard to give the government any leeway when it comes to creative accounting practices. I’m not calling anyone a liar; however, I do have a hard time believing them. Below are examples that cause me to be skeptical, at best. Read along and see [...]
Will it take a crisis of cataclysmic proportions to shake us from our lofty ideological perches to unite Americans again? Long gone is the patriotism of World War II; and, to lesser degrees, the citizens’ willingness to enter the First Gulf War and the initial reaction when the World Trade Centers were taken down by [...]
As a pre-boomer, I remember the days when “public servants,” as those in the public sector were referred to, made much less than those employed by businesses because there was less risk and more benefits for those working for the government. It was up to the individual to decide what they wanted before starting off [...]
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As a kid, I couldn’t wait to get a few pennies together to spend at the corner candy store across from my elementary school. I suspect most of us born between 1930 and 1945 have fond memories of moments like this. Let’s wander back to those innocent times and see if you can [...]
