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Myths and marriage

Robin Hood is a heroic, English outlaw known for robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. He and his merry band of rogues discomfited the unscrupulous sheriff of Nottinghamshire, who had dispossessed Robin of his property. The myth has persisted for more than 800 years. Horatio Alger, Jr. wrote more than 100 books […]

Raymour & Flanigan says yes to education

On March 5, at a New York City gala, Raymour & Flanigan announced a pledge of $500,000 to the Say Yes to Education Endowment Fund. The gift will be matched by SRC, Inc., which committed $5 million to the program in 2011. The Raymour & Flanigan pledge is the largest received since the match was

Are the better economic numbers another head fake?

What’s up with the U.S. economy? After practically no GDP growth in the fourth quarter of last year and tax increases implemented at the start of 2013, there weren’t many high expectations for the first quarter. Many economists were expecting tepid growth in the key economic growth measures. Instead, recent economic reports have come in

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Start a Company, Damn it!

Change. Get used to it at a much greater rate than you ever have had to before. The United States can no longer sit back and live off its past. If you are a U.S. citizen, you should make a strong mental note that there is a large bulls-eye on your back. And who is

After the Newtown tragedy: Shooting from the hip

On the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fired four bullets into his mother’s head. Nancy Lanza was at home in her Newtown, Conn. residence, lying in bed clad in her pajamas. Lanza then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School where 456 children were enrolled. At the school, he killed 20 children and

Head Start: history’s most expensive baby-sitting program

“It’s not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.”— President Barack Obama on funding education: On the weekend before this past Christmas, while Americans eagerly anticipated Santa Claus’s arrival, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its latest report on its Head Start research. Head Start is a federal

We need to start thinking of the future of our country

To the Publisher: Hi Norm, I thoroughly enjoyed your recent article (Jan. 4 issue, Norm Poltenson editorial, entitled “Uncle Sam’s Ponzi finance”) on the federal government’s Ponzi scheme. It got me thinking about what has happened to us as a nation. As we listened to the pleas from the New York and New Jersey politicians

The Winning Traits of Female Entrepreneurs

The great divide among the sexes is one of the biggest enigmas in business. No, I am not referring to the disproportionately high number of males in the executive ranks. I am speaking of the higher number of successful female entrepreneurs versus male entrepreneurs. Successful companies have 7.1 percent female executives versus 3.1 percent at

Uncle Sam’s Ponzi finance

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation … One is by sword … The other is by debt. — John Adams   Blame it on Otto von Bismarck, the first German Chancellor. In 1889, he introduced the concept of social insurance by creating a retirement program. No dummy he, the “Iron Chancellor,”

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