November 2008

Why the giants of Detroit have stumbled.

The rhetoric around the Big Three bailout is virulent. The finger pointing is intense. And most of it is total poppycock. The New York Times had an article this morning about the Chevy Volt electric car. One car is all GM, a global auto manufacturer, is betting the whole company on one car. An overpriced Read More

What to buy the Dayton fisherman who has everything this year

This is a shameless plug for a really good guy and a really neat place you’ve probably never heard of. Call it my Dayton holiday gift guide. Al Horstman has been a friend for a long time. A former military aviator- both in the Army and as a Marine, we’ve always shared a bond, even Read More

Congress should tell the automakers to go talk to the oil companies

Greed. Typically it comes back to bite you in the butt. Just ask Exxon how things are going now that people are using less fuel thanks to their skyrocketing prices. Also, ask them how projections look, when Americans stop buying Hummers and Sufis- their best friends in boosting sales of their products. Six months ago  Read More

A brief history of our Federal debt

I’ve been meaning to share this for a while- but hadn’t had a chance. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_TjBNjc9Bo[/youtube] I.O.USA the movie: A thirty minute economics and history lesson on how the Federal deficit grew, and what we’d have to do to start reversing the trend. Although it doesn’t talk about the impact of a national health care system, Read More

The Hickory Bar-B-Que takes Dominic’s place for a business lunch!

Well, UD and Miami Valley Hospital finally realized, you need to have a place other than a chain open for lunch in the area to take your prospective hires. Sure, they’ve been at Coco’s a lot, but, on Brown Street, since Dominic’s closed, there hasn’t been much in the way of unique. The Hickory- also Read More

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