My father was a U.S. Marine who fought in the Pacific during WWII. Shortly after Pearl Harbor he enlisted. Dad never talked about combat. He told my brothers and me about crossing the equator and his trip to New Zealand on leave. When I was about 12, Dad told me a little about the battle of ...
This week Shale Crescent USA (SCUSA) attended the 50+ year old Pittsburgh Chemical Day Conference at Heinz Field. We were the closing panel talking about Why Global Economic Factors Now Favor U.S. Based Operations. We discussed energy, supply chains and the most recent SCUSA study which is a ...
My wife, Lynnda, likes to watch the Hallmark channel. I donát mind watching. Itás entertaining and the movies have a happy ending. One consistent theme in all of Hallmarkás love stories happens when the relationship of the couple is ready to fall apart, a wise friend or relative steps in and ...
We had Earth Day on Friday. Americans are creative. At a conference this week we heard about a unique project in the Midwest. A company drilled wells and is producing natural gas from a shallow coal reservoir. Most of the natural gas is put into a pipeline. What is unique, about a quarter of ...
Last weekend Lynnda and I drove to Maryland to see our children and most of our grandchildren. Our daughter, Dannielle works with special behavioral needs children in grades 3-5 who are expelled from their home school. Her job is to educate them and get them back to their home school. They have ...
Lynnda and I returned to Columbus on Sunday from the National Speakers Association Winter Conference in Orlando, Florida. We couldn’t help but notice the increased gasoline prices in Ohio and West Virginia. In Florida we paid $3.59 to fill up the rental. It cost $3.89 per gallon to fill up my ...
You are important! You are capable of much more than you may realize. In these challenging times we all need to do our part. We are still dealing with COVID. The Federal Government announced the U.S. inflation rate climbed again in January to 7.5% and stayed at a 40-year high. No surprise to ...
A few years ago, as an adjunct professor at Pierpont Community and Technical College, I taught a leadership course to second year students. They were incredible. All worked and attended Community College. One young lady even supported her father. Their jobs weren’t very high wage. They wanted ...
This week Intel announced a $20 Billion investment to build its most advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing operation near Columbus, Ohio. The project will create 3,000 new jobs paying an average $135,000 a year plus benefits and 7,000 construction jobs. The Intel project will also generate ...
For the last two weeks we have been in our “southern office” outside of Orlando. With the latest COVID surge more meetings are virtual. We flew out of Charleston just ahead of a snowstorm. Because of the pandemic we learned to work remotely. We can now work anywhere there is a good internet ...