I had the pleasure this week of talking to Edison Middle School eighth-graders as part of a career fair that made me wish that sort of thing had been available when I was in middle school a very long time ago. Who am I kidding? I’ve been a newspaper person since I was a toddler. Which means ...
Property rights have never been absolute. Owning land gives a person important rights, but those rights do not mean that anything can be done on that land without affecting others. The law of nuisance has long recognized this basic idea: One person’s use of property cannot unreasonably ...
A note on Sept. 13 explained aspects of socialism. It alluded to a piece about politicized socialistic myths in the News and Sentinel Aug. 23. The writer inferred a relationship to the Gilded Age. This column will describe the Gilded Age that Trump wants to return us to, and why we should not ...
Fall is my favorite time of the year. College football, a chill in the air. Leaves changing colors. Halloween, deer hunting and, every other year, politicians trying to convince you they deserve your vote. And of course, they rarely do. This year, for instance, Republicans are panicking ...
As we get older, it’s very important to have good friends – in good times, difficult times, sad times and in any situation. Since I was in business for so many years, I talked with so many people and so many shared with me their experience with friendship. For sure, some people come into ...
One of the things I like about athletics is lessons can be learned and changes made quickly. Learning from a mistake in business and fixing it may take weeks or months. In sports, we can see results in days, hours or minutes. On Tuesday evening, our high school soccer team played our longtime ...
