Happy Birthday Noah
Today is my son Noah’s 46th birthday. My gift to him and to myself is to write a piece about him and my feelings for him. Noah is my youngest child. He has an older sister, Sarah, who is determined to be the best at everything she does, and usually
Machine Tool Scuttlebutt
As a dealer in used machinery I get to hear a lot of things if I ask the right questions and have the good sense
One Company’s Life Cycle
Jeff Pedu called Graff-Pinkert to find a new home for three Schutte screw machines, an SD32, SD50 and SD80, that his dad bought new in
Beds, Banks and Beyond
The economy is always hard to figure out, but we seem to be in an especially baffling period for both professional economists and amateur business
Our Crunchy New Car
About two weeks ago my boyfriend bought a 2013 all-electric Nissan Leaf while I cheered him on. Steve had been driving a 2005 Chevy TrailBlazer

Shot at Stardom
Jon Samuelson has three daughters, Bonnie, Karlie and Katie Lou. Two were in the NCAA Basketball Final Four over the weekend. A third started for
Paid by the Hour
I received an email recently from Steve Rose, a veteran of the machining wars who was educated in an apprentice program in England during the

