As we enter Michigan’s beautiful fall season, we remember that it is the uniqueness of life’s seasons that create opportunities for us to reflect on our experiences and learn from our past. There is a time for everything: Ecclesiastes 3 of the Christian Bible reiterates exactly that. “A time to be born and a time
The cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent is the centerpiece of the Tax Cut Package that took effect this year. This put the United States in line with the rest of the developed world, which has a 24.1 percent average corporate tax rate. Since corporations are just groups of
Growing up a proud Michigander, I was under the impression that all the lakes worth visiting were in my home state. If not only for the beauty, majesty and bragging rights that come with being the “Great Lakes State” but for the sheer number of bodies of water found here. Minnesota, “land of a thousand
Well, it happened … in August, I turned the BIG 4-0! Honestly, I’ve kind of felt like I was 40 for the last ten years, so it’s really not much different. One thing that this old man has noticed lately is “Help Wanted” signs posted just about everywhere. As the economy officially printed its second
President Trump’s so-called “trade war” has gotten a lot of media attention. Tariffs raise prices for consumers, as illustrated by the recent price increase for washing machines, a good that recently received tariff protection. Tariffs on raw materials raise costs for U.S. manufacturers, which cuts into their profits and reduces their competitiveness. Second quarter 2018
If any of my friends are looking at the title of this column they are certainly thinking, “Toldo, are you sincerely telling anyone not to be late?” Full disclosure: I have, in the past, had extreme difficulty with being on time for anything; and I mean anything. That said, I have been working very hard
Has it really been ten years since “Semi-Pro?” The 2008 release of the Will Ferrell basketball comedy showed off Flint as a bona fide Hollywood movie locale. But now that Michigan’s program of tax credits for filmmakers has been gone for a few years, ending an era in which Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino), Drew Barrymore
Think we don’t agree on anything anymore? Fine, let’s fix that … Recently, I asked readers to send me examples of things, no matter how basic, that most people – no matter who they are – can agree on. I did this for me. I’ve been truly dispirited lately about how angry and divided the
Have you ever had the experience of returning to a place you had been before, to find it utterly different than you remembered? I hope so, for your sake. And I don’t mean the sensation of returning to your childhood home to find that it is smaller than you remembered, or back to your high
The terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001 had a profound effect on our country and has been described as the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil in American history. People watched in horror as the South and West towers of the World Trade Center were struck by hijacked planes, bringing them to the
Coffee Facts! Coffee was discovered by goatherders in Ethiopia circa 800 A.D. when they noticed goats being extremely energetic after consuming the berries. Hawaii is the only state in the U.S. that commercially grows coffee. Coffee is a fruit. The beans are actually the pits of cherry-like berries. New York is the most coffee caffeinated
Want to participate, but don’t know any jokes? Here are some groan-worthy suggestions …just practice your delivery and you’re good to go! I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. It’s impossible to put down! What do you call a fish with two knees? A “two-knee” fish A three-legged dog walks into a bar and says to
