CHANGE.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Change (verb): To make the form…of something different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: …to change the course of history. (Dictionary.com) I accept as completely valid that all things will inevitably change – and that change isn’t necessarily bad.  Accordingly, I’m pleased with recent, little-known “culture […]

Prince: The Day Music Died. Again.

Tweet (Akiit.com) When I first heard that Prince Rogers Nelson had died, it felt like music died. Again. I have been in an extended season of mourning since the March 22nd death of Malik Izaak Taylor, better known as Phife Dawg, one-fourth of the legendary hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. I listened to […]

How Entrepreneurs Are Matching Their Skills To The Food Industry.

Tweet (Akiit.com) The modern entrepreneur is expected, to a degree, to be able to apply their knowledge and expertise to all kinds of fields. One of those fields that is becoming a place of more interest to businessmen today is the food processing industry. Because of its high volume and marketability, more and more are […]

Business Owners Are Taking A Fresh Approach To Staff Training In 2016.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Educating employees is essential for business owners who want to take the next step. It’s impossible to improve an organization without first investing in the most valuable people. Considering that, it’s no surprise that company bosses are spending a fortune on training in 2016. However, most of them are not taking the same […]

USA: Trade Deficit Angst.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Let’s look at the political angst over trade deficits. A trade deficit is when people in one country buy more from another country than the other country’s people buy from them. There cannot be a trade deficit in a true economic sense. Let’s examine this. I buy more from my grocer than he […]

Silicon Valley: The 2 Percent Problem And What I’m Doing About It.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Today’s world revolves around the innovation and advances made in the technology and telecommunications industries. Yet, these industries continue to lag far behind when it comes to the participation and inclusion of people of color, and women, in all spheres. Silicon Valley — from the C-suite to the firms involved in bond offerings, […]

How To Become A Self-Employed Acupuncturist.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese form of healing. Practised over thousands of years, millions of people use it to give their bodies a new lease of life. Rooted in traditional oriental medicine, acupuncture views health as a state of balance. Some people assume that acupuncture is just about sticking fine needles into others. […]

Why I’m Calling to End the War on Drugs.

Tweet (Akiit.com) In my experience, good public policy is best shaped by the dispassionate analysis of what in practice has worked, or not. Policy based on common assumptions and popular sentiments can become a recipe for mistaken prescriptions and misguided interventions. Nowhere is this divorce between rhetoric and reality more evident than in the formulation […]

Beware of 2016 Electoral ‘October Surprise’.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Secrets. What can the public possibly learn from the 28 pages of secrets that have been hidden since 9/11 concerning the Saudi Arabian royal family’s involvement and even possible support for the attackers? So what if Prince Bandar was a close friend of the family of then-President George W. Bush? So what if […]

2016 JAYBerns: Rebels Without a Clue.

Tweet (Akiit.com) Those aged 18 to 24 have seen their incomes decline under President Barack Obama. Worse, they were one of his most reliable voting blocs. Yet Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ likely 2016 presidential candidate, says, “I don’t think President Obama gets the credit he deserves for digging us out of the ditch Republicans put […]

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