Business
An Example for Us All | Don Brunell
Adversity often brings out the best in people. We find ways to pitch in and solve problems that…
Business
When it comes to taxes, keep it simple | Don Brunell
“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is…
Business
What a relief: power’s back on | Don Brunell
An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?”
Business
Our initiative process needs to change | Don Brunell
Would you buy a new car or a new house without knowing how you’ll pay for it? Of…
Business
The electric chickens come home to roost | Don Brunell
For years, energy experts warned us that regulations and policies that reduce the supply of affordable conventional energy…
Business
Stories of hope shining all around | Don Brunell
With a bad economy, political bickering in our nation’s capital and daily news coverage of raucous protests here…
Business
Some joy in Olympia despite budget news | Don Brunell
There is a brighter side to Christmas this year, despite the weak economy and lawmakers bickering over how…
Business
Lessons from Canada | Don Brunell
Just about the time the Congressional “Super Committee” declared failure, our national debt clock rolled past $15 trillion.…
Business
Farmers still give America the edge | Don Brunell
How about some good news heading into the holidays? It comes from our nation’s farmers and ranchers.
Business
America has decision to make on energy sources | Don Brunell
President Obama says he will delay until 2013 a decision about the $13 billion Keystone pipeline, which would…
Business
Deadbeat Illinois is a warning | Don Brunell
The dictionary defines “deadbeat” as someone who deliberately avoids paying their bills. It’s an unflattering label, but for…
Business
World competition for American factory owners | Don Brunell
In today’s dog-eat-dog world, change is constant and accelerating. Other countries are stealing our factories and jobs and…
Opinion
Federal regulations costing billions to the cost of doing businesses | Don Brunell
Recently, President Obama ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to delay implementation of a new rule that further reduces…
Business
Restoring confidence is the top job | Don Brunell
Looking at the opinion polls, it’s easy to be depressed these days. Three out of four likely voters…
Business
Looking at the private sector for help with the economy | Don Brunell
President Obama and the newly appointed Congressional federal debt reduction committee will need to look under every rock…
Business
Uncertainty keeps cash on the sidelines and unemployment high | Don Brunell
At the same time President Obama and Congress were locked in combat over raising the nation’s debt ceiling,…
Business
Time to connect the dots on oil development | Don Brunell
Americans live in an idealistic world where, no matter what happens, we’ll still be able to go home…
Business
Lawmakers should take care with health-care exchange | Don Brunell
Later this month, state legislators will begin discussions about designing and implementing a health-care exchange. If experience is…
Business
All fuel sources have good and bad points | Don Brunell
By 2025, the TransAlta energy facility in Centralia must replace coal with natural gas to generate electricity, but…
Business
Tax amnesty a bright spot in Washington state’s dismal economy | Don Brunell
State lawmakers in Olympia received a much-needed boost recently in the form of $320 million in new tax…