It’s been my life’s work to help people gain financial independence and pursue careers that are meaningful to them. A major part of helping people achieve this goal is making sure they have access to the education and training they need. Expanding access to education and career training opportunities, regardless of where someone lives or […]

It took more than a year, but Congressional Democrats, facing the prospect of losing their majorities, have concluded the most effective way to mitigate disaster during the midterms this November would be to erase the public perception that it is controlled by far left socialism. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled she understood the political imperative […]

I’m old enough to remember when rabid rightist Republicans proclaimed “Better Dead Than Red” and insisted that anyone who was “soft” on Russia should leave this country and go live over there. I never imagined, back when they paraded themselves as America’s true patriots, that they’d ever pull the ultimate switcheroo and morph from patriots […]

Something big just happened in Canada. It was far more than truckers protesting a vaccination mandate. It was a message about a fundamental change that seems to be spreading worldwide. Shakespeare wrote, “There is a tide in the affairs of men.” What happened in Canada was a sign of the tide turning. Canada differs from […]

At this point, anyone with a beating heart is aware debates over free speech, cultural appropriation and intolerance covered by the umbrella term “cancel culture” have etched themselves firmly into the fabric of our current discourse over the past few years. Thanks to this suffocating discourse, it’s not surprising that many observers believe it’s the […]

Americans may be tempted to view the war in Ukraine as an unfortunate, but far away, crisis. As an economist, I know the world is too connected for the U.S. to go unaffected. On Feb. 22, 2022, President Joe Biden warned Americans that a Russian invasion of Ukraine – and U.S. efforts to thwart or […]

When you reach my age (79 and counting), bad news comes not just in threes, but in fours and fives and more. A former college roommate lost one of his daughters to a drug addiction. One local friend’s heart attack necessitated an angioplasty and another friend’s heart required a pacemaker. Still another friend told the […]

Three-day weekends sound good to me. According to Business Insider, a movement is afoot for companies to offer employees four-day workweeks — 10 hours a day over four days, rather than eight hours over five days — so they may enjoy three-day weekends. More employers say that a four-day workweek will help them retain and […]