In today's edition of The Wall Street Journal, there is an article titled “A Plea for Direct Lending to Small Businesses” which you can read in full by going here. The article focuses on the two sides of the debate on proposed legislation that calls for the SBA to help business owners find willin
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03/04/2010
I know that elections aren't until November, but I think right now is the perfect time to start learning about the candidates we'll be voting for later this year. That's why I decided to host an Open House last week and invite the Congressional candidates from Florida's 24th District - - the one
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03/02/2010
Humbly, my very first “official” job after graduate school in the mid-90s was working as a temp for a few weeks doing “clipping work.” What I mean by “clipping work” is that I was the on-staff clipping “service” for all things of interest to my employer. Full disclosure: I got paid (not terribly
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02/17/2010
I flew into New York City early yesterday afternoon and met with Marshall Eckblad, the national banking reporter for Dow Jones (owners of the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, SmartMoney, and others). And after getting his personal tour of the Dow Jones offices (including seeing the wall of Pulitzer
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02/10/2010
This probably comes as no surprise to you, but I'd like to share my thoughts on President Obama's first State of Union Address that was delivered just a little over a week ago. For the sake of time (both yours and mine), I'm going to restrict the majority of my comments to the President's remar
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02/08/2010
In case you missed it (and there's a good chance you did), I was on FOX Business News late Friday afternoon. I found out that I would be on FOX's Happy Hour show earlier that same day, while I was out of the office at a day-long meeting, so I didn't have much time to prepare. Anyway, without any
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02/01/2010
So it's been a little while since I've blogged about something political, but it's kind of hard to overlook what occurred one week ago today in Massachusetts. And no, I'm not going to get politically dogmatic here in today's post . . . those of you who've been reading what I write for a while kno
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01/26/2010
Now that the holidays are over and we're into the New Year, we can really get down to business. You and I both know that 2009 was a tough year . . . and I don't know about you, but I'm bound and determined to make 2010 an absolutely GREAT year. If you go back and read any of my blog posts or emai
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01/18/2010
I'll be the first to admit that President Obama gives a great speech. It's amazing how he somehow manages to juggle competing ideas without really landing on either side. Last week, he announced a troop surge in Afghanistan, but also promised not to stay too long. This week it's job creation, and
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12/09/2009
I was on FOX Business News yesterday morning (December 3rd) for the third time this year . . . this time, along with Dave Ramsey (nationally-known author, radio host and TV personality). The White House's “jobs summit” was the topic of our conversation yesterday, and I came prepared with a list o
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12/04/2009
