DOUG AND POLLY WHITE Special correspondents QUESTION: I have just started a new business. I think it’s critical for us to develop good Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so that people can find us easily on the web. Do you have any advice for how to accomplish this? ANSWER: We agree, depending on your business, good … Read more
Most of us don’t think about topics like trade and tariffs very often. Occasionally, they come up when we hear about North American Free Trade Agreement or other trade agreements that change how we, as a country, do business with other countries. We hear terms like “most favored nation” status or “free trade,” but frankly, … Read more
It’s fashionable to claim that the free-market ideas of Nobel-laureate economist Milton Friedman have failed the country, and that it’s time for new policies. Campaigning in 2020, Joe Biden declared that “Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore.” More recently, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt noted that people like Friedman promised that the free … Read more
Higher education in Vigo County in the past year made some major advancements in projects, programs and facilities that will help foster economic development and help address workforce needs both locally and statewide. Indiana State University is moving forward with plans for a $66 million renovation/expansion of its Bailey College of Engineering and Technology. Rose-Hulman … Read more
ST. BONAVENTURE — Luke Green has one goal in his new role as resource coordinator in St. Bonaventure University’s Office of Student Affairs: helping students move successfully from their first day of college to their last. Green came to Bonaventure this year to oversee the university’s $500,000 Cabrini Health Foundation grant. The grant benefits 31 … Read more
The ‘Blind Side’ producers insist the movie is “verifiably authentic” despite its recent controversy. Sandra Bullock won an Oscar in 2009 for portraying Leigh Anne Tuohy in the movie, which depicts a Caucasian family who adopted a homeless African-American teenager, Michael Oher, and helped him achieve excellence in American football. However, retired NFL player Oher … Read more