Reading the Orlando Sentinel’s article that Pam Brody had passed away – apparently at the age of 90 – was somewhat of a pause and ponder moment for me. Pam was identified as the “beloved…
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Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: HOME PRICES
From 1634 to 1637, the Dutch Tulip Bubble put a face on chasing prices. Tulip bulbs in Holland reached six figures from what was once single digits as investors leveraged their futures to get in…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: PRINCIPAL OF GIVING
After COVID-19 ushered in what can be described as the lost year of 2020, Matanzas High School Principal Jeff Reaves in Flagler County wrote personalized notes to each of the 459 graduating seniors for them…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: CHICKEN GUY
News that Guy Fieri’s Chicken Guy will be occupying the former Steak ‘n Shake on Orlando Avenue in Winter Park, an expansion of his collaboration with Robert Earl, has created quite a hubbub. Not only…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SUPPLY CHAIN REVISITED
It’s not that President Biden’s task force to address bottlenecks in supply chains on essential components is ill-advised; it is appropriate and needed. The problem is that it is 50 years too late. We started…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: SPACE FRONTIER
With famed astronaut and former Senator Bill Nelson firmly at the helm of NASA, the historic agency may well be entering a golden age of space exploration. Nelson’s first presentation expounded on Artemis, focused on…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: VACCINES FOR HEALTH-CARE WORKERS
After coronavirus vaccines were distributed to the elderly in senior-living communities beginning in mid-February, the outcomes for residents have been profound, severely lowering cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Nonetheless, despite a 90% adoption rate, not everyone…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: UNEMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to join 21 other states in no longer distributing the $300 per week federal supplement was the right move in the nick of time. Government assistance at a time in which…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: HACKERS
Colonial Pipeline’s encounter with Darkside, which leases its software to a criminal ring of hackers who then targets tens of thousands of businesses, health-care providers, local governments and distributors, is a clear wake-up call for…
Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida 100: ALL ABOUT ASPERGER’S
Elon Musk’s surprise disclosure he had Asperger’s Syndrome on “Saturday Night Live” took the business world by surprise; but, more importantly, it broke open the narrative about what even some professionals consider to be a…