A few observations from the 2013 Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS) in Columbus. 1)      Attendance at shows is dwindling, which…

I have an unusual vantage point to observe the housing market as the pundits fret about the housing “bubble” they…

One of the good things about buying out my brother at Graff-Pinkert was being asked by lenders to study my…

I wrote a blog recently about my reaction to a letter from my landscaper Guillermo’s daughter, which put a face…

I attended the Auction of Tecomet Wednesday this week in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. It was just the fourth auction I’ve…

Guillermo is from Mexico, or maybe it’s El Salvador or the Dominican Republic. Do we care? He pushes a lawn…

I am a hopeless sports romantic, so these next few weeks will be glorious for me. Major League Baseball season…

Sometimes the absurdity of trying to do business and make money and then pay the appropriate taxes to the Feds…

I bought out my brother Jim’s interest in my family machinery business six months ago. I promised him that I…

Lloyd and I meet for breakfast most Saturday mornings, and while we are eating we solve many of the world’s…