“There's a dragon with matches loose on the town. Take a whole pail of water just to cool him down.” --Grateful Dead It's hard to believe I've been scribing online vibe for almost ten yea

Gold broke out to a new high yesterday of $1084, and the yellow metal is glittering again today.More impressively, strategists note, gold prices moved higher on Tuesday even as the S&P 500 ticked

For decades, gambling has been the preferred arrow in state policymakers’ budgetary quivers, the thinking being that even in poor economic times, tax revenues from gambling would continue to gr

Greetings from the heart of NYC, where I’ve returned after a west coast business trip and some academic vibe time upstate. Speaking with Syracuse students was my distinct pleasure as we do our

“Let me tell you something my friend. Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.” --Ellis Boyd Redding, Shawshank Redemption Is anyone else having the strangest sense of vuja

Peggy Noonan, maybe the most gifted essayist of our time, wrote a few weeks ago about the vague concern that many of us have that the looming monster has the potential (my interpretation) not only to

“Well I’m the mellow, the fellow, the one that like’s to say hello.” -- EPMD, Strictly BusinessThe must read article of the day arrives via Bloomberg and touches on what could

Joining a gym should be a no-brainer. My husband and I already work out on a regular basis. We also home school, so joining a gym could very easily be part of a modest education budget.But the proble

Bob Seger once sang that seeing old friends is good for the soul. Following a three-day southbound sojourn, I would have to agree with him.After a Friday morning business meeting in Tampa, I was bles

“We're gettin' up a football game against the guards. Wondered if maybe you and some of your buddies here would like to join in on the fun.” -- Paul Crewe, The Longest YardIt’s that