Small Business Boomers

The Chicago Tribune today filed for Chapter 11 reorganization protection.  Like many other newspapers, it had been in declining health for many years, but its final lifeline was cut by the credit crisis.  Should we mourn?  Or should we move on and accept these changes as a sign of the times?
Yes, I know the paper is in reorganization, not liquidation, but it’s not getting any help from Dr. Paulson, like the automakers. So I’m guessing its days are numbered.
Other Baby Boomers might remember a little of radio, but radio slid into the background when TV came into every household.  Newspapers …read more

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He just retired and managed to find a great part-time job. The old pickup he’s been driving for five years is just not trustworthy anymore. So he decided to buy a big truck, a 2005 F150, V8, with extended cab. Gas prices have been over $4 a gallon for several months, so at first blush it sounds like a really bad idea. I figured there was a good reason auto dealers are trying to get rid of trucks; after all, this is the same thing that happened in the late 1970s, in the “gas …read more

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