“We contend, that for a nation to try and tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” ~Winston Churchill Oil prices are rising, supply chains are straining and everyone is proceeding with caution. Only one in
One way of looking at this might be that for forty-two years I’ve been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience: education and training. And on January 15th, the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal. ~ Chelsey Sullenberger “Captain Sully – pilot
David Letterman kept a stack of cups in his dressing room – each one represented a completed show. What matters is what you’ve DONE – not what you intend to do. He’s not counting down and removing cups the way you would cross things off a to-do list. He’s simply
Welcome to the New Year! We look forward to another productive and prosperous year as we herd cats with the clicks of our mouse! In the meantime, I hope to torture the data until it confesses! Despite what social media and the news would have us think, there is much
As a real estate sales guy, I tell people that I’m paid to be an optimist. These days I think I’m more of a paranoid optimist. The reality to me today is that people are more worried about keeping their jobs than doing their jobs. First the bah humbug! The
The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days. Today, Plymouth Rock is only the size of a car engine. It has cracked three times over the years, getting smaller each time. Speaking of rocks, Nick lost his grandmother and I, my mother, a couple of weeks ago. At 87, she had
In an effort to bring them down, a couple of weeks ago the Fed cut rates by a quarter-point (25 basis points). Yet, as if by magic, the 10-year Treasury note rose by 2 basis points to 4.127% and the 30-year Treasury added 2.5 basis points to 4.745%. Hmmm…what happens
The United States… has already reached the foremost rank among nations, and is destined soon to out-distance all others in the race. In population, in wealth, in annual savings, and in public credit; in freedom from debt, in agriculture, and in manufactures, America already leads the civilized world. ~Andrew Carnegie,
This creative tenant was delivered his lease in a Word document and decided to sneak in an extra clause. I am now considering adding this to all our future listings! Then I could look forward to cakes every August! You may have read this month that Lynsi Snyder, the heir
For those of you keeping track, yes, I successfully ran my half marathon at the end of May, knocking off Maryland by running a race along the Potomac. But I learned two fascinating things that I thought I would share. Back in our founders’ day there was once a tax