OK, so I’m voting for Joe Biden. Call me sentimental. Call me a “hometowner.” Behind it all is the reality that few of us, most of us, never get a chance to vote for a ...
Three outcomes from the 2020 Delaware primary election that jumped out at me – based on nearly a half century of covering and writing about Delaware politics – appear not to have seemed obvious in ...
By Sam Waltz So, what’s the role of Risk in the workplace? What’s your Risk Quotient (RQ)? And what’s the Hazard (H) where you work? RQ and H each enjoy the privilege of being both ...
The Chinese word for “crisis“ is, in Western popular culture is frequently said to be composed of two Chinese characters signifying “danger“ and “opportunity“. Combine that with what your mother counseled you – “try making ...
“A Change is Gonna Come,” recorded and released in 1964 by one of my favorite soul singers Sam Cooke, long has been my favorite civil rights anthem. (I hope you’ll go to YouTube and find it!) What Cooke – who regrettably ...
Clive Staples “C.S” Lewis (1898- 1963) was a British writer and lay theologian whose work seems to have become “the Meme of the Hour” in this year’s epochal transition in American life. Today, as Delaware ...
By Sam Waltz So how’s Governor John Carney doing in managing Delaware through the coronavirus pandemic? If I’ve been asked that once, I’ve been asked it – via phone and email, while social distancing – a dozen times ...
In every issue of Delaware Business Times we feature a number of guest columnists. Here are our most popular articles by guest writters from 2019.
“Back to School” time is a great time for not only kids but their parents and other adults ““ including business owners and execs ““ to give some thought to what tools in their tool ...
Is hypocrisy an issue in Delaware politics? Each of us should tread carefully in answering that provocative question, lest we “cast the first stone.” However, when it comes to hypocrisy in Delaware politics, plenty of ...
An open letter to Wilmington Mayor Michael Purzycki: This may come as a bit of a shock, but I’d like to ask for some aggressive business regulation in one particular area. Specifically, I hope you ...
The widely anticipated early retirement of Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. seems to be the state’s “worst-kept secret,” rivaling Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential hopes, and is being discussed openly in some ...
What’s the role for business leaders in navigating, if not leading, social change? That thought occurred to me as I contemplated the circumstances around this month’s golden anniversary — that’s 50 years, folks — of ...
The widely anticipated early retirement of Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. seems to be the state’s “worst-kept secret,” rivaling Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential hopes, and is being discussed openly in some ...
By Sam Waltz Monday, April 22, marks the 49th annual Earth Day, celebrated in 200-plus countries, but started here in the United States in April 1970. That it has survived and thrived for so long ...
We live in chaotic times, and it seems to have an impact on the quality of business leadership, from the leaders of family-owned businesses to the corporate C-suite. One definition of the scientific term entropy ...
Next month, Delaware’s Generous Assembly – OK, that’s a journalist’s smug euphemism – will go to work on Gov. John Carney’s third budget. They’ll find something for everyone in his $4.4 billion proposal. For many ...
Awaiting this week’s State of the Union speech from President Trump reminds me of my favorite SOTU speech of all time. “The era of big government is over,” President Bill Clinton told a joint session ...
So what did you do on your vacation in 2018? Regular readers of this column may recall my post-vacation reflections on European immigration written from Budapest, Hungary; or the European economy and Germany’s stalwart bankers ...