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How not to define an adequate education

The New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies recently released a study about the impact of increased state spending on public education since the Claremont decisions. The study indicates that school districts continue to spend widely varying amounts on a…

PR Flashpoint

One question I frequently get is whether our clients should include a new kind of communication called a blog in their PR strategy. After all, everyone who hires a PR professional is most often interested in one thing — getting…

Improving Performance

I try to learn what I can from great leaders, and we lost a giant of a leader on April 2. OK, I admit it — I’m Catholic, and I even practice my religion. Even so, John Paul II was…

Brass Tacks

Just as financial ratios can help a business owner evaluate his or her firm’s status with respect to its liquidity, diagnostic ratios can assist in analyzing how a firm manages its debt. (Trade debt pertains to the credit extended by…

Top Shelf

New Hampshire is home to several world-class resorts, and they are as gracious as they are beautiful — at least the parts that mere mortals see. But what about those of us who are on higher shelves? When (if) Bill…