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You can have the most popular business in town. If your business model isn’t profitable, however, all that popular does is make you lose money faster than less popular unprofitable businesses. Decades ago a

Politicians like to give money away. As long as it’s other people’s money. But there is a way to avoid robbing Peter to pay Paul in this great college loan crisis we find ourselves in. We actually know who’s respo

It’s a question that ultimately confronts us all. It comes up in different places at different times for everyone. Each of us finds our own answer in our own way. Sometimes it helps to understand how life r

Contained herein lies a Shakespearean eulogy to a dead language and a father’s plea once made some eight years ago. Does this same truth still ring? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Et tu, Espagnol? More Lasti

Had enough of being bullied by downstate politicians? Do you want to know what centuries-old historical anomaly led to this tyranny that besets us today? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “This is Why New Yor

We learn by rote. There’s a reason why this works. More important, there’s a reason why this learning strategy helps yield better things. How is this accomplished? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Mech

Sometimes you’re given a plum position you never asked for. Mostly because you don’t know the plumness of the position. It’s then that, if you’re lucky, you might learn a lesson you can carry with your for the res

There’s a very active discussion going on in Albany right now. It can directly impact your future and the future of your children and grandchildren. Sounds serious, right? They why are so many tossing it aside w

If you’re a typical American, you probably think it’s really important to take a break from work every now and then. You’d be right. What if, however, you do a lot of different and unrelated things? Could that

If you’re a typical American, you’re not going to like this next statement: Our country would have much fewer problems if only people weren’t afraid of doing math. Why does math get such a bad rap? Even those

Sure, it’s really good, but will it stand the test of time? That’s a question we too often overlook. Yet, it can yield important results, including why we are so easily duped. Want to see a few examples? Read thi

What does you dream mean? It’s not as hard to interpret you dream as others may imply. Would you like to know how to do it? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Stuff of Dreams…” for a simple easy-to-u

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Trump supporters elected him in part because he represented the long-awaited counterpunch to a party that they felt for too long though it better to turn the other cheek. So why is he encouraging Greater Western

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Sometimes you’ve got to stop living in the past. Family traditions are great, but modern times demand new approaches. What happens when you discover the unintended consequences of striving for modern efficiency? R

It’s funny how things change so gradually you hardly notice. Then, one day, you really the world is a completely different place than you remember. What happened? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “The Decad

Sometimes posing a seemingly trivial question to yourself can reveal something more thoughtful than you ever imagined. That’s the fun behind this quaint little parlor game that requires nothing more than a c

What error makes a popular speaking template more likely to fail than to succeed? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “What Public Speakers Can Learn from Aristotle’s Greatest Mistake” and discover when it works b