The presidential debates are here again, as are the baseball playoffs and the National Football League (NFL) season. That got me thinking about the intersection of sports and politics. Presidential candidates try to tailor their message to as wide a cross-section of Americans as possible. Americans love sports. So what if, at the debates upcoming, ...
Feudalism is a relatively simple societal and military structure based on mutual but unbalanced benefits contrived from the need for protection and material provision. In its basic form, feudalism offers those at the top a ready supply of warm bodies and arms for personal and national protection. Those in the middle act as conduits for ...
The financial manager is an important position within the structure of any firm. Almost every firm of any size has a person whose role is “to create value from the firm’s capital budgeting, financing, and net working-capital activities” (Ross, 2005). This person is the financial manager, although that job may go by one of several ...
COMMENTARY | Michigan voters — at least those still fortunate enough to afford television — have been bombarded recently by political advertisements about Proposal 2, a measure on the November ballot. Supporters of Proposal 2 guarantee that if you vote yes, a beefy firefighter will rescue your kitten using high-tech gadgets next time you burn ...
