Housing Crisis V2 is coming

Housing Crisis

2008 was a rough housing crisis, for sure. The general belief these days is that we’re out of it and things are better — Home Depot seems to explain/believe that as well — but in fact, we may not be,… Continue Reading

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Looks like Enrique Arochi may be the guy in the Christina Morris case

Christina Morris Enrique Arochi

The first time I wrote about this case, I thought the boyfriend of Christina Morris — Hunter Foster — could potentially be involved. Early on, the central storyline seemed to be that they were fighting that evening. Now, that same… Continue Reading

Will the Nov. 8 CFB weekend be as crazy as the Oct. 4 CFB weekend was?

College Football Mayhem

There are six Top 20 games on Saturday in college football: (10) Baylor vs. (16) Oklahoma (8) Notre Dame vs. (11) Arizona State (9) Kansas State vs. (6) TCU (4) Alabama vs. (14) LSU (13) Ohio State vs. (7) Michigan State (5)… Continue Reading

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Midterm elections are mostly pointless

Midterm Elections

I enjoy politics as a spectator sport, just like any other almost-34-year-old who periodically reads long-form articles in publications trying to recapture their mojo. I’ll look at results today for Michaud-LePage (Maine Governor), Elise Stefanik and her 30 year-old self… Continue Reading

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Young, cute, Harvard-educated, Republican? Elise Stefanik could be the future.

Elise Stefanik

The youngest person ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives happened back in 1973, when Elizabeth Holtzman won at age 31. Tomorrow, Elise Stefanik should win at age 30, breaking a forty-year old record in the process. In addition to… Continue Reading

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On employee engagement and sales

Employee Engagement and Sales

I’d venture to guess that a lot of people in standard business roles, when they hear a term like “Employee engagement,” they think of a fluffy cloud hovering around the Human Resources department. They don’t know exactly what it is, but it… Continue Reading

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We should talk about failure more openly at work

Failure

In my first year of graduate school, I tried to set up a series of events with business leaders from the Minneapolis area. The basic idea would be: at a bar, appetizers and drinks, a business leader speaks for five… Continue Reading

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Everyone needs to learn how to give presentations

Giving Presentations

Couple of stories before we get going on this post. 1. I went to graduate school (for business/organizational development) from 2012 to 2014. It was a little bit off-task, to be sure. In the first semester of the first year, we had… Continue Reading