Mentor: A person who gives a younger or less experienced person help and advice over a period of time, especially at work or school. – Cambridge Dictionary As a football coach, Tom Osborne often was a step or two ahead of the competition. His Nebraska Cornhuskers...
Retailing: “Globally, retailers have had to adapt to the changes ongoing in the market in order to survive. The retail response appears to be toward strong, more personalized engagement, flexibility and community.” – AMP Capital Time was when storeowners focused...
“The good die first.” – from the poem, “The Excursion,” by William Wordsworth, English poet “Guess who’s going to be in town today,” I said to my wife at breakfast. More of a rhetorical question than anything, since the possibilities were endless. It was April 19,...
Game changer: “A person or thing that dramatically changes the course, strategy, character, etc., of something.” – Dictionary.com Both men entered this world in 1948, and graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1974. Each began his law...
Distilling companies: “Five years from now, the best bourbon in the U.S. will probably be from a state besides Kentucky.” Steve Heilman, CEO, Charleston Distilling Company. Poor Carrie Nation is spinning in her grave. The enthusiastic (some would say radical)...
Easter: An annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. – Dictionary.com A book red in color, with neither gold leaf nor leather binding,...
Politics: “In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” President Franklin Roosevelt. Isn’t it amazing how well our “underpaid” lawmakers can perform? The 2018 session in Pierre is over, except for March 26 when...
Irish saying: “There are only two kinds of people in the world. The Irish, and those who wish they were.” With St. Patrick’s Day coming up, it’s hard not to think of Marion Murphy. Marion ranched west of the Medicine Butte in Lyman County. His place was so remote...
Gun Control: “Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.” Thomas Sowell, economist and philosopher Uncle Bob loved to hunt pheasants. Almost every fall he would drive 1,300 miles from Marietta, Ga., to...
Choice: “Americans have more choice than any group of people ever has before, and thus, presumably, more freedom and autonomy, (but) we don’t seem to be benefiting from it psychologically.” – “The Paradox of Choice” by Barry Schwartz I thought I was getting less...
