Why reforming the filibuster matters
As Washington turns its attention to infrastructure and other matters of policy, the Senate filibuster isn’t commanding quite the same headlines as it did...
A minimum wage closes doors
Job availability for inexperienced workers is the primary reason why most economists object to raising the minimum wage.The proposed Raise the Wage Act of...
Bond investors facing Q1-2021 statement sticker shock
(The following is an excerpt from Kirr, Marbach & Co.’s first quarter client letter, available at kirrmar.com.)Conventional investment wisdom is stocks are “risky” and...
Baseball has lost its jingle
“Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.”Recall that advertising jingle from 1974? It had quite a catchy tune and was a successful advertising campaign...
Baseball has lost its jingle
“Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.”Recall that advertising jingle from 1974? It had quite a catchy tune and was a successful advertising campaign...
Useful — and not so useful distractions
By Les Linz
(Today’s column is, in part, an excerpt from Confessions of a Job Gypsy)
Much has been said of late about defunding the police,...
The ones who believe in Jesus will live
By Pastor Steve Greene
One day, Jesus was told that a close friend was sick and about to die.
Lazarus was his name. Lazarus had two...
Eggcitement building on the farm
By Stephanie Strothmann
My Grandpa Strothmann was a woodworker.
He could look at a piece of furniture made from wood, and weeks later, he could produce...
Keep the positive energy moving forward
By Matt Nicholson
American poet Walt Whitman said, "Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour."
If you are a...
The threat of another lost decade
In the coming months, the U.S. economy will appear as if it is returning to normal. That won’t really be the case, but the...