Shippers Dumped Thousands of Workers, We Dumped UPS
UPS, Amazon, and FedEx are all fully engaged in their annual employee purge. UPS says it is cutting 48,000 jobs in 2025–34,000 in management and 14,000 in operations. This might explain why Graff-Pinkert’s Wickman spare parts business was getting tariffed 200% on imports from England rather than the 10% rate
The Cubs of Casablanca
The Chicago Cubs, my favorite team, and Casablanca, one of my all-time favorite movies, share so many common threads. One could say they are cut
The Foot Soldiers of IMTS
On Wednesday I went to IMTS. It was going to be a 16-hour marathon because we were taking folks out to dinner after the business
The Art of Framing
Beverly Sills, the wonderful soprano opera singer, was on one of her “if it’s Thursday it must be Seattle” concert tours. She had her routine
Cubs Cancer Winners
The Chicago Cubs have two superb leaders, Anthony Rizzo, who is a contender for National League Most Valuable Player, and Jon Lester, whose 15-4 record
Bye Bye Blues
About two months ago I finally accepted that I was in a prolonged funk. I was not profoundly depressed. I could laugh and have fun.
Take Me OUT OF the ball game?
I like baseball. I’m not one of those folks who keep box scores or who can tell you offhand a pitcher’s earned run average, but