For those unfamiliar with the gentleman's agreement governing the make-up of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) there are five members who…

What are we to make of the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics being tasked - and funded - to count the number of 'green' jobs i…

In this edition of Fun With Statistics we'll tackle the brouhaha over the past couple days regarding the discovery that the iPhone as well as phon…

I haven't exactly been Boeing's best friend over the past several years, regularly taking them to task for their nutty 787 Dreamliner outsourc…

The EPA has recently released their study of the costs and benefits of the Clean Air Act and its proposed rather draconian expansion. A reasonable per…

Another day, another article that makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Thirty people at the Stark Manufacturing plant in Paris have been…

Lean folks are naturally tuned to recognize unnecessary complexity, and most of us know the largest cost in a manufacturing operation is usually not t…

The most important thing in life is not what you did in the past but what you do next. That is particularly important if you happen to be Bill Simon -…