by John Woods Published: October 10,2010
Tags: column, Dr. John J. Woods
Ever wonder that the real secret is to success in operating a small business? Well, just look around. Who is still in business today that was in business when you were a kid or maybe even just 20 plus years ago? Maybe the ownership has changed, but the name and the way of doing business [...] [...]
by Marty Wiseman Published: October 10,2010
Tags: column, Dr. William Martin Wiseman, national education crisis
More than a few policy experts have speculated on education-related problems as being one of the prime reasons why there have been delays in corporate investments in additional employees — even as un-obligated surpluses continue to mount in the coffers of these corporations. Former President Bill Clinton, for one, stated recently that companies that lost [...] [...]
by Phil Hardwick Published: October 3,2010
Tags: column, Phil Hardwick
It is time once again to drop in on Red and Fred, those self-perceived sages of wisdom on all things having to do with economic and community development. They are sitting in the booth at the local diner. This time they are discussing the state of the national economy and how it will affect their [...] [...]
by Phil Hardwick Published: September 19,2010
Tags: column, lists, Phil Hardwick
We love lists. We love to make lists, and we love to read lists. Whether it is a list of successful businesses, emerging leaders, good places to work/eat/shop/vacation/whatever, there seems to be a list for everything. Lists that rank things seem to get special attention. Lists can be useful. They help us sort through the [...] [...]
by Marty Wiseman Published: July 18,2010
Tags: column, dog days of summer, Marty Wiseman
We are in the middle of a hot and dry Mississippi summer. Among the things that are certain is that when a few political junkies get together under a perpetually humming air conditioner, talk will automatically turn to speculation over the 2011 Mississippi elections. Questions like, “What ‘ya hearing?” or “What’s “________” going to [...] [...]
by Marty Wiseman Published: June 20,2010
Tags: column, Marty Wiseman, MBJ
There have been countless coffee shop conversations recently in which the participants have called for the destruction of both of the country’s major political parties. Results so far in the 2010 mid-term elections seem to be giving us a glimpse of what political life would look like in a “post-party” world. Let us remember [...] [...]
by Scott Reed Published: June 20,2010
Tags: column, finances, MBJ, Scott Reed
Well, it’s no wonder that everyone is once again worried about the stock market. What with Greece having problems funding their debt, (not the Broadway show but the actual country), and Goldman Sachs out there creating products and then betting against their own children, so to speak, after selling them in good faith to their [...] [...]
by Phil Hardwick Published: June 14,2010
Tags: column, community leadership, MBJ, Phil Hardwick
Successful communities often have community leadership programs. Such programs are designed to identify, train and engage emerging leaders to improve the quality of life in their communities. Community leadership programs are not new. Leadership Philadelphia (Pa.), which claims to be the oldest community leadership program in the country, held its first class in 1959-60. Leadership [...] [...]
by Marty Wiseman Published: June 6,2010
Tags: column, Marty Wiseman, MBJ, View from the Stennis Institute
The debate over the need to let free market capitalism run free and unfettered versus the demand for tightened government involvement in the form of increased regulation is moving from the ridiculous to the sublime. Indeed, it has been astounding recently how a speaker has lamented, often in the same sentence, the expansion of government [...] [...]
by Nancy Anderson Published: June 6,2010
Tags: column, MBJ, Nancy Anderson, retirement
The idea of retirement, much less a plan to cover it, is a modern one. In most countries, Grandma just moves in with you when she can’t support herself anymore. General Motors started the first private retirement plan in 1950 in the United States. It was a defined benefit plan, also known as a pension. [...] [...]
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