Excuse me, are you listening? 14-16

  Dear Readers,

 
I have a friend, Valerie Smith, who always makes me happy.  Ever since I have known her she has been about truth, justice and diversity.  Despite what is going on, she always has a positive note or information that is so outside the box that it makes me smile or ponder why is no one else doing this?

Read More

TAX SOLUTIONS: Capital Assets

 

 
By  A.J. Gross, C.P.A., E.A.
 
When most people think of capital assets, the first thought is stocks.  Stocks are considered a capital asset, however personal property are also considered capital assets.  We will provide a overview of capital assets.

 

Read More

Single Fathers Are Changing the Definition of Family

 Malvin Brewer and his son, 8-year-old, Zavier Brewer enjoying a cool beverage from Speedway after a trip to the park.

 
Courtesy photo

Read More

OLD TOWN’S JAZZFEST SET

 The Corey Kendrick Trio & Aguanko kick off Friday night at the 2014 Lansing JazzFest

Courtesy photo 

Read More

Robert C. Koehler: Zero tolerance

 

By Robert C. Koehler
Tribune Content Agency
 
  “As I walked down the hall, one of the police officers employed in the school noticed I did not have my identification badge with me.”
 
  The speaker is testifying before the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. He was a high school freshman at the time. Ah, school days!

Read More

In Cuba, ‘Creeping Capitalism’ Arrives

  

By Louis Nevaer

New America Media
 
HAVANA—When the U.S. embassy reponed in Havana on Monday after more than 54 years, it signaled what Cubans have now accepted: creeping capitalism is the future.

Read More

OPINION: Workplace Bullying: The New Face of Discrimination

  By Elsie Duell 

 
Workplace bullying has become more and more of an issue in organizations, companies, and even government especially in our current climate of economic despair where jobs are few, and unemployment is high

Read More

Jill on Money: Get financial house in order before having children

By Jill Schlesinger
Tribune Content Agency
 
  Birth rates are up for the first time since the recession began, and economists are cheering. It’s not that the practitioners of the dismal science are lovers of baby showers; rather, they say that the new mini baby boom is yet another example of an improving economy.

Read More