Filed Tuesday, November 9. 2010
Many people have questioned the Tea Party and who comprises its ranks. The Tea Party movement is growing and has made its impact in last week’s election. That scares career politicians on both sides because the proverbial pie of patronage jobs, project funding and other spoils of political victory has to be divided by more than two parties when the Tea Party takes hold. Based on the focus of the Tea Party, the pie is going to be severely reduced both in size and calories (dollars) if they get to help with the recipe (federal budget).
Filed Sunday, July 11. 2010
Thor Soderberg was a Chicago Police officer who was just finishing his day of doing his job in the afternoon of July 7th. He got jumped and shot just outside a police facility on the Southside of Chicago by a man who some now say is mentally unstable. They struggled. The man grabbed his gun, shot him in the head and ran away. (Later, he got shot and was captured by police. He turns out to have a lengthy criminal record.)
Filed Wednesday, August 5. 2009
Many people have purchased cars recently and some are already touting Barack Obama’s “Cash for Clunkers” program as a success. (From my 400th column for MidwestBusiness.com.)
Filed Thursday, May 7. 2009
The three most critical issues facing Illinois today are job erosion, education and network infrastructure. These issues aren’t unique to Illinois, I observed on last week’s Comcast “Newsmakers” program on the CNN channel.
Filed Wednesday, January 14. 2009
With all the talk of U.S. stimulus packages for infrastructure, let’s make sure everyone is on the same page about what that encompasses. What does the word infrastructure mean to you?
Filed Monday, January 12. 2009
Bailouts don’t create customers. They guarantee the status quo to those who should be making drastic changes.
Filed Wednesday, November 26. 2008
“Millions have been robbed electronically without even knowing it,” Unless you are directly in line for a bailout, you have lost money from several key long-term investments that you were led to believe were ironclad or at least the best you could do with your income. That is why many people are confused and disillusioned in their future and what the economy holds for them.
Filed Wednesday, October 1. 2008
We’re in a big crisis. We need an immediate response. This could be a catastrophe.” Where have we heard that before? It goes without saying that $700 billion is a lot of money. The U.S. put this bailout package together too quickly.
Filed Wednesday, August 27. 2008
Democrats and Republicans need to address real infrastructure issues today. If they don’t, they are failing to solve current and future economic problems.
Filed Wednesday, June 11. 2008
As another Chicago-area hospital calls it quits, what are the remaining ones doing to keep a solid health care network in the Chicago metropolitan area? What’s happening to major area hospitals as they throw in the towel and scalpel and call it quits due to negative revenues?
Filed Wednesday, June 4. 2008
In this new global millennium, organizational titanics must be transformed into streamlined starships in both the public and private sectors.
Filed Thursday, May 22. 2008
What we take for granted in the suburbs is just on a wish list for Chicago police.
Filed Thursday, February 21. 2008
Can our downward economic trend be reversed? That’s what many are looking for in this presidential election. As we look at both parties, their candidates and their campaign rhetoric of hope and change, there is a lot of talk about magically creating good jobs for people but little substance on how that’s going to be accomplished. An H-1B visa is given to temporarily fill a job. What happens when that job is through? Over the years, I have written several columns about the overuse of H-1Bs and the false premise that there is a shortage of skilled technology workers in the United States.
Filed Sunday, January 13. 2008
“After listening to the experts at the Executive Club Luncheon, here is my take on predicting 2008’s economy,” Third of a three-part article. At this year’s Executive Club luncheon that focuses on the future of the economy for the year, the emphasis was “look to global initiatives for growth”. Over 1,200 people attended this luncheon, many looking for answers to: - the mortgage foreclosure debacle, - the outlook for jobs, and - the general sense of where the U.S, economy is headed as well as how their career may be affected.
Filed Saturday, January 12. 2008
This is the second of what is now a three-part column. While many positive reader comments were received from last week’s column on presidential politics, I want to share a questionable one because it’s interesting to see how some people blindly follow and put their faith in “the experts”. In contrast, I have always written columns and taught people to question the experts and be skeptical.
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