[Friday Musical Interludes] It matters who you listen to

The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) released its June 2010 Small Business Economic Trends report for May of this year, indicating that small business optimism has declined for a third month in a row.
The problem is weak sales — at least on the surface. The NFIB uses this recession-level reading (the small business optimism [...]

[Friday Musical Interludes] Export with a conscience

The U.S. trade deficit shrank just a tad last month, according to an announcement by the Commerce Department yesterday. The 7% decline was comprised primarily of an increase in exports, while imports fell a teeny tiny bit.
In dollars, that means the U.S. exported $175.6 billion in goods and services, and imported $219.2, during the month [...]

[Friday Musical Interludes] How do you want to work, America?

(Photo by gravyphig, via Flickr.)
I guess different people place different value upon different experiences, ultimately depending on what matters to them. One of my favorite experiences in life is coming across an intellectual kindred spirit.
In fact, it suddenly occurs to me, maybe one day when I have nothing to do (guffaw!), I’ll sit down and [...]

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