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Rocky Road and Licorice

Rivian Corporation began as a scrappy startup in 2009. Volkswagen has spent decades failing to understand American car buyers. Now they’re betting $5.86 billion that Rocky Road and Licorice actually do mix. The electric vehicle maker, started as an enthusiast-run firm by an entrepreneur, R.J. Scaringe, with money from family

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Home on the Steppe

Those Russian thieves! First they steal back Crimea, then they steal our election (maybe?), and now they are poaching our talented labor force. They are

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Sports Movie Champ

Last week, on November 21, it was the Fortieth Anniversary of the release of Sylvester Stallone’s opus, Rocky. The news brought on a discussion between

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Thankful

As we head into Thanksgiving, I am using the blog to express a few of the many many things and people I am thankful for

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The American President

The musings of a wandering used machinery dealer. Donald Trump, real estate mogul, is killing the housing market in his first week as president-elect.  Mortgage

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Young Had to Wait

A person can be blessed with immense natural talents, but achieving greatness takes both stubbornness and faith. I just finished reading QB, the new biography

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Energy Trumped Statistics

I have been a baseball and political junkie for the last six months, reading all the statistics and scuttlebutt I could digest. I found a

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