Standing on Florida’s coast last night I witnessed space history as a Falcon 9 booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral and arced into the night sky. From my vantage I …
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It’s hard to believe but children born today might never know the adolescent rite of passage that is a driver’s license exam. For kids born today it will be close, …
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In these days of 5% unemployment the dark days of 2008 and 2009 are largely a distant memory. For many young people in the workforce today, those days passed blissfully …
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Whether you call it the “gig” economy or the “on-demand” economy it’s really the same thing. Today technology is changing the way we look at products and services, providing ways …
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The sport of golf is stuck in a sand trap and there’s very little reason to think that situation will ever change. For a long time analysts blamed the great …
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One of my favorite Yogi Berra quotes is that the future ain’t what it used to be. The other day I was watching a 70’s vintage Clint Eastwood movie that …
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The growth in America has been located primarily in the cities. With more millennials choosing not to drive cars, that has pushed rents and housing prices in America’s most popular …
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The commodity in shortest supply in the world today is time. People are spending more time at work and more time sitting in traffic trying to get there and back. …
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The jobs market in the U.S. is as good as it’s been in decades. Layoff notices are at lows not seen since the 1970s. The steady improvement in employment numbers …
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It’s called the “gig economy” and roughly one-third of U.S. workers fall into that category. Those are people who consider themselves independent contractors, freelancers, small business owners and temps. An …