I guess I don’t understand government because it sure looks like we are headed in the wrong direction. In business, when times get challenging, you learn to become more efficient. Recently, an industry executive… Read More
There is a significant public dialog (nay, debate) ongoing in our community about the future. This is magnificent! It is the logical follow-on discussion that should occur. We should not only accept it; we… Read More
I am growing weary and angry with our government’s continued demand for ever increasing tax revenue and the endless march of regulations that stifle business activity. So much for our Federal government. Sadly, the… Read More
Dear Senator Clinton and President Obama, “There is Radical Islam!” Both senior elected officials refuse to use the term and they are dead wrong. To deny that such a concept is to fundamentally misunderstand… Read More
President Obama recently gave a speech at the United Nations. The principal topic was the war against the “so called” Islamic State. (As an aside, I resent our policy makers leaving out the modifier… Read More
I visited Nashville this week. I attended an entrepreneurial conference and combined a short weekend vacation with my wife. What a vibrant town! It is loaded with young people, a term that for… Read More
What Kingsport is missing is a coherent strategic plan. More important, as a community we do not think strategically. Perhaps this sounds like pedantic nonsense, but I would argue differently. Strategy First, remember what… Read More
Kingsport stands at the edge of precipice. We must make a choice. This will occur either by contentious decision or it will happen as momentum randomly drives us off the edge. But make… Read More
We often think of human interactions, the social and economic systems we establish, as a special. In reality, they operate in much the same way normal things around us do. In fact, the concepts… Read More
The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is rapidly becoming a security threat to the United States. While the developed world is probably capable of handling a small-scale outbreak internally, the incident in Texas… Read More
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