The scuttlebutt in the machinery business is that the Branford Group and partners made a bundle on the Bronson…
Father’s Day gives us a reason to celebrate our Dads, either in life or in memory. I think of my father,…
Some of you may remember a blog I wrote a year and a half ago promoting “Saving Ferris,” my latest…
I heartily recommend the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek for a brilliant article on the Takata airbag saga, recounting the…
Within the first week of June 2016, 13 Chicagoans have been shot and killed, primarily in the war zone called…
The biggest basketball games of the year are starting. I’m pumped for Steph Curry vs. LeBron James, but the game…
Monday I went to the Cubs game with my boy Roberto. I’ve known Roberto for about nine years. I met…
Observations of the machining business at mid-year. There seems to be a real case of the blahs in the market.…
“Make America Great Again.” The vision that phrase invokes has half of America backing Donald Trump for President, who last…
A funny thing happened on the way to my colonoscopy. I followed the directions the hospital sent me perfectly. Tuesday,…