Cup-a-Joe

As I do many Sunday mornings, this past week I turned on the TV to watch “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”   I saw our former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius and immediately realized this week’s topic was Health Care.  After listening to her interview and then The Roundtable discussion, which is comprised of various journalists and “opinionaters,” I agreed with George Will, which I don’t always do, that having the government create a competitive insurance program is blatantly wrong-headed. read more »

Reduction in force.  It’s become a phrase we are using too often, but it’s the reality of our economy.  But I’d like to look beyond the present layoffs, RIFs, right-sizing, etc. and ask the question, what’s going to happen when the economy starts turning around? read more »

This morning (Monday, June 1^st) it finally happened. General Motors declared bankruptcy.  What was totally unthinkable 24 months ago and  totally consumed the business and economic news for the past six-eight months, finally came about. 

Yet, the business markets seem to be sighing in a breath of relief (Dow was up 175 points prior to noon).  And from the macro economic perspective this could finally indicate that we’ve hit bottom and now it’s time to start the road back to “normal.”

But there’s a lot more pain to come on Main Street since the repercussions will not only be felt in Detroit but across the U.S.  read more »