by - September 23, 2012 3:41 pm
How stupid are you?
This past Friday morning I turned on the television in time to see a discussion between CNBC’s Squawk Box hosts and Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter and the school’s…
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by - September 18, 2012 3:27 pm
More time for low rates?
After waffling on how long low mortgage rates are expected to stick around, some analysts have called for rates to not rise significantly through next year. Honestly, that’s about as…
by - September 16, 2012 8:37 pm
It’s your fault
The thing that pisses me off more and more with each election cycle is not the BS we hear from politicians or political groups, it’s the folks who allow the…
by - September 9, 2012 10:16 pm
That terrible day
The many memorials this week were as painfully sobering as they were respectfully appropriate. It has been one year since that day. What fell from the sky one year ago…
by - September 9, 2012 4:45 pm
Pondering the political aftermath
On a recent Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C., President Barack Obama told an adoring Democratic National Convention that the nation’s problems can be solved with “common effort, shared responsibility,” and…
by - September 9, 2012 4:36 pm
Passion pursuit
I wonder what the word count would be if you took all the negative and discouraging words spoken in, about, and around the Republican and Democratic National Conventions the past…
by - September 4, 2012 1:13 pm
Unglamorous ways to grow jobs
We keep hearing that the U.S. presidential election is all about jobs. So why aren’t we getting more concrete ideas from the candidates about how to create more of them?…
by - August 31, 2012 12:56 pm
Job magnet plan
Arkansans count on their elected officials to help improve the quality of life here, a worthy goal. Yet, numerous studies have concluded that we rank between 42nd and 48th among…
by - August 29, 2012 6:50 pm
Fiscal cliff not so bad
Just when you thought you could forget about the fiscal cliff and focus on the Republican and Democratic conventions instead, along comes the Congressional Budget Office to remind us of…
by - August 26, 2012 7:38 pm
A General question
Dear Attorney General Dustin McDaniel: What with all the time you spend fighting payday lenders and studying the layout of the governor’s office and responding to letters from Arkansas House…
by - August 26, 2012 3:31 pm
Medical marijuana a sensible choice
Words and phrases such as “medical marijuana,” “legal” and “the state of Arkansas” lack a history of spending much time together. After all, most people in these parts have for…
by - August 26, 2012 3:21 pm
The broom man
Tax season, for CPAs, can be hellacious. Clients are anxious to get their tax returns so you work long hours. A person tends to get tired, perhaps even a bit…
by - August 19, 2012 7:06 pm
Tax rhetoric and reality
Let’s travel once more into the most dangerous ground in today’s political environment, which would be the damn-near abandoned beautiful valley of calm in which compromise, moderation and careful deliberation…
by - August 19, 2012 4:40 pm
The real price of ethanol
Record-high corn prices should be sending a clear message to policy makers in Washington: Requiring people to put corn-based fuel in their gas tanks is a bad idea. Since 2005,…
by - August 15, 2012 7:04 pm
If only conservatives were more like libertarians
Have you ever wondered why conservatives are so opposed to government interference in the marketplace yet so tolerant, even welcoming, of its role in our personal lives? You could say…
by - August 14, 2012 6:25 pm
The community college solution
About 13 million Americans are looking for work. An additional 8 million have settled for part-time jobs. Yet almost half of U.S. employers have said they have difficulty filling positions….
by - August 12, 2012 10:41 pm
Keep calm
The Arkansas GOP is doing everything but measuring for new carpet in the Arkansas House Speaker’s office. They are anticipating that come November the Republicans will capture a majority in…
by - August 12, 2012 1:53 pm
You can do it
My wife says I’m not sensitive. I might not be at times. One time, after helping a client fire a manager who was underperforming, I was told by this client…
by - August 11, 2012 1:03 pm
Romney-Ryan not likely a winning ticket
Few among us will ever receive the introduction “next president of the United States” while strolling down the gangplank of the USS Wisconsin as the “Air Force One” soundtrack thumps…
by - August 8, 2012 6:55 pm
Deer infestation solutions
Looking over the American landscape, it’s hard to think of a more insidious threat to forests, farms and wildlife, not to mention human health and safety, than deer. Yet when…