Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist, wrote a book a few years ago titled The World is Flat, where…
Year: 2011
For the last eight years I have lived my life as partially sighted. I’ve suffered detached retinas in both of…
Reflections on my hotel experiences from a week on the road. I just got back from travels that took me…
I attended the PMPA annual meeting last weekend and watched an inspiring talk by Herbert E. Meyer, Former Vice Chairman…
Although the nation-wide shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (the “STEM” fields) is well-known, the comparable and…
I attended the Precision Machined Products Association’s annual meeting in Austin over the weekend. The question I heard often was,…
Writing about the machine tool business while wondering if the Cubs will hire Theo Epstein. I attended my first Machinery…
Thoughts while making applesauce for the winter. Is the screw machine the Winesap apple of machining? I was talking shop…
My son Ari ran the Chicago Marathon last Sunday and finished. My wife Risa, son Noah, and I were there…
I am heartened by a lot of what I see in the marketplace. People are sobering up. They are more…