Opinion

Honored, again

Editor’s note: Following is a repeat of an essay first published Dec. 13, 2009. The essay is republished here as a reminder of the 2011 Christmas Honors effort. Link here…

Adam & Eats: Sweet Boutique

The shop is about what you’d expect from a bakery. It’s brightly lit, clean, and has a great big display case brimming with sexy little cakes, cookies, and pastries.

Big Screen Peter: The Muppets

The Muppets movie, in many ways, sets up as a self-conscious plug for societal holes.

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Diversification

One well known example of diversification can be found in the historical account of Christopher Columbus sailing to a new trade route to Asia.

A clear message

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] It’s been a struggle to come up with a more precise or acceptable or enlightened descriptor than what first appeared in my farm-boy brain…

Adam & Eats: Big Jake’s

This is a place where meat fantasies come to life, and the he décor looks as if the restaurant’s namesake, the Duke, had decorated it himself.

Big Screen Peter: Hugo (3D)

The movie, though slow to begin, is an illustration of the gratitude director Martin Scorsese feels for cinema.

Keep it local

The Saturday after Thanksgiving has become Small Business Saturday, but more effort is needed to support local businesses every day.

Newt and noise

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney appears to be the candidate to beat in the GOP presidential primary. I tend to agree with the conventional…

Big Screen Peter: J. Edgar

The effort by Eastwood and DiCaprio suffers from a level of unexplained and unexplored material.

Accounting decoded

The more you know about accounting for your business, the more you will be able to steer your company in the right direction.

Philpot’s BottomLineTips: Business succession

The hand off of a business is emotionally important and vital to the financial success of the owner or owners.

Frankly speaking

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] There has been a lot to witness, consider and attempt to understand in recent months. We’ve had Whirlpool announce they are shutting down and…

Adam & Eats: Molly’s Eggrolls & Smoothies

It is a relatively new venture and they are still working out a few kinks, but for the most part the place rocks.

Big Screen Peter: The Rum Diary

There is nothing in the film that hints at anything resembling a functioning pulse until the movie is winding its way to a close. Other than that …

Entrepreneurs must avoid the many forms of fraud

Business fraud lurks in the corner awaiting a single moment of weakness within the business to slither in and cause havoc. 

Back to Madonna

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] More than a few folks I’ve talked to in recent weeks fear the electoral beat down of the 1% prepared food tax in Fort…