by Richard Baker | May 29, 2024 | Articles
I was conflicted about my baseball-base-running abilities because I was the slowest kid on the team. I was confident I could hit it hard enough to reach first base, but reaching third or second base seemed risky. The American consumer feels the same way. They like the...
by Richard Baker | May 22, 2024 | Articles
I toured a massive 600-megawatt (MW) power plant a few weeks ago and was amazed. It seemed to me like an engineering marvel straight out of the History Channel. Not only does it power my home, but it also provides energy to businesses that employ hundreds of thousands...
by Richard Baker | May 15, 2024 | Articles
I bought a fishing rod from an infomercial when I was a teenager. It sounded like a great rod and reel until I got it in the mail. It was cheap, bent, and a waste of my hard-earned money. Sadly, meme stocks are popular again, and I’m afraid they will take a lot of...
by Richard Baker | May 9, 2024 | Articles
Waves are hard to predict. Several years ago, when our son was a toddler, I had let him walk on the beach by himself, only to watch him get literally rolled over by a wave. I had been watching for big waves but didn’t expect the small waves to have so much effect....
by Richard Baker | May 2, 2024 | Articles
A few days ago, my wife and I took our son on a college visit during a downpour. We overheard one of the moms telling her son not to let the crummy weather affect his decision-making about this university. Rain came by the buckets, but we finished our tour. The April...
