Book Value
07/13/2023 Over the past decade, analysts have studied data compiled from more than 40 nations around the world through a program entitled the “International…
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I’m Already Gone
05/18/2023 The first time I attended a school supply industry convention, I was struck by how different it was from the other industries to…
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Dust in the Wind
03/13/2023 As you grow older, you become more conscious of the passage of time. It’s not that young people are unaware of it, but…
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Where Do You Think You’re Going?
10/04/2022 I know I’ve said this before, but I think we’re about done with COVID. I’m not saying it’s done with us, and it’s…
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Brick House
06/28/2022 Ever since I started to see online commerce eroding sales for physical retailers, about 15 years ago, I have been a sort of…
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Time and Again
04/27/2022 For the past 38 years, I have been writing about current events, trying to make some sort of point about how those events…
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The Long Goodbye
01/31/2022 In 1967, the late Joan Didion published an essay entitled “Goodbye to All That.” It was about leaving Manhattan, and her young adulthood…
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09/29/2021 As the owner or manager of a small business, do you ever wonder why we offer benefits to our employees? I know I…
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Face Time
08/04/2021 The term “back to school” means a lot of different things to different people. It depends not only upon your own family situation,…
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Back in the Saddle
06/14/2021 So we’re in the post-apocalypse now. Last week I ate indoors in a restaurant for the first time in 14 months. I also…
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