Grateful Every Day
I laid in bed moping about how crummy business has been in April. Then I saw my beautiful wife of almost 54 years snoring slightly next to me and thought, “You fool. You are incredibly blessed. Start thinking about all of your gifts.” And so I did, and I had
Basking in Basque Country
In May I had the wonderful opportunity to go on vacation in a small paradise in northern Spain called San Sebastián (Dononstia in Basque). When
Is McDonald’s Broken Today?
Old McDonald’s is under siege these days. Demonstrators at the Oakbrook headquarters for $15 per hour minimum wage. Flagging sales. Franchisees are unhappy with the
Controlling Education
For a century public education was the channel for students to access knowledge that would enhance their lives in many ways. It was the path
I’m Not Moving
It was refreshing to read about U.S. home prices rising 7.4% over the prices of one year earlier. Of metro areas, 22% showed double digit
Industry Scuttlebutt
Mitch Liss of Edsal Manufacturing, who I interviewed at length for TMW five years ago, is moving his shelving manufacturing company out of Chicago to
The Europeans are Coming! The Europeans are Coming!
The economic numbers these days indicate a relatively weak first quarter of business in the U.S. The indicators I see in the machine tool business