Tariffic News?
When Donald Trump announced his grandiose plan for trade tariffs on April 2, 2025 some people cringed, others cheered, and a few called their lawyers. One of those was Rick Woldenberg, the CEO of a family-owned company in Vernon Hills, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. His firm, Learning Resources, outsources
The Summer of ’61
Lloyd is on vacation this week. Below is one of his favorite summer blogs he wanted to share with you again. It was originally published in August
Flipping the Script
I just listened to a fantastic story on the National Public Radio podcast, Invisibilia. The episode began with a story about a group of friends
Need a Parachute?
Damon Carson likes to tell stories about the goods he sells. He takes the discards of industry and government and reframes them as wonderfully useful
Do You Like to Drive?
I am all into the concept of self-driving cars. That does not mean I am ready to be a pioneer and buy one of the
Buying a Job Shop
Dave Dolan runs one of the biggest screw machine operations in North America, KKSP Precision Products of Glendale Heights, IL. The company started in the
One Chance
The issue that seems to be giving America heartburn in 2016 and driving the election rhetoric is the gulf between the well-off and the falling-off.