May

27

All you ever wanted to know about contracting

May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Okay, now that I’ve gotten all that off my chest …
Say, how ’bout those Democratic primaries, huh? I’m reminded of the closing theme from Lambchop’s Play Along (which I used to watch with my little ones, back when they were little):
This is the song that doesn’t end
It just goes on and on, my friend
Some people […]

May

27

Podcast: Small Firms Avoid Debt When They Can

May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In case you were wondering about how it comes about that those small firms that are “younger, smaller, less profitable, less liquid, and less credit worthy” are the ones opting for debt financing, you should know that the research in question used the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Small Business Finance for their data set. And […]

May

23

Food and fuel into the future

May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

So, here we are, at the end of an enchanting week of ruminating about the wide ranging issues around food and fuel. It’s a problem that seems to have at least temporarily stumped our nation’s leaders, a state of affairs that does not stop them from yelling about it a lot.
I’ve been going somewhere with […]

May

22

We are what we eat: expensive garbage

May 22, 2008 | 3 Comments

Yesterday, I gave myself the pleasure of taking a stroll through a local supermarket with my favorite expert on nutrition: my daughter, Regina Baker.
Gina, who has just completed her first year at the School of Health Science and Human Performance at Ithaca College, doesn’t have enough letters after her name to qualify as an “expert” […]

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