These last several months have been a struggle for me to find workers for the cleaning and painting department of our…
The sign’s message was clear enough: Please Do Not Touch. For some visitors, however, the temptation was too great. Here…
Wednesday was the first night of the Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah. I took the day off from work,…
One of the definitive currents I see in the economy of the 2010s is the democratization of technology. Computers and…
Two months ago, Metal Seal Precision of Mentor, Ohio, had a fire. The incident is a warning to people who…
Having new shoes that you need to “break in” because they hurt your feet (or dealing with shoes that always…
I walked the floor of IMTS two days this week. I saw some impressive machine tools and robots, made some…
The International Manufacturing Technology Show, IMTS, takes place this week in Chicago. It has a lot of meaning and symbolism…
For those few people reading this who have been dwelling in a cave in Greenland all summer and still don’t…
With elections coming up we are hearing more talk about raising the minimum wage. In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel advocates…