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Dry Rot in Academia.

May 11, 2016 by  
Filed under Education, News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Jason Riley has now joined the long and distinguished list of people invited — and then disinvited — to give a talk on a college campus, in this case Virginia Tech. Mr. Riley is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal and, perhaps most relevantly, author […]

Why Are More People Talking To Their Doctors Over The Internet?

May 11, 2016 by  
Filed under Health, Tech/Internet, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Have you ever noticed that more doctors and medical centers are offering “telemedicine” services? In case you didn’t know, telemedicine is where consultations don’t happen in person. Many years ago, telemedicine referred to consultations carried out by telephone (hence the name). These days, telemedicine is a moniker that describes digital consultations over the […]

How to Make Your Products Last Longer.

May 11, 2016 by  
Filed under Money/Business, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) There are plenty of things in business that make a company a success. And, one of the major ones is the quality of the products they provide. So, you need to do what’s necessary to make sure your products last as long as possible. These are just a few of the great ideas […]

Warning: More Cesspool Politics Ahead.

May 10, 2016 by  
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Ted Cruz is gone – and good riddance. The Texas senator fully deserved his humiliating defeat by Donald Trump in the May 3rd Indiana GOP primary. He was undoubtedly the nastiest politician to prowl the halls of the U.S. Senate since the Red-baiter Joseph McCarthy back in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the social and […]

Rebuilding Black Wealth And Expanding Homeownership.

May 9, 2016 by  
Filed under Money/Business, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) While economists contend that the economic recession is over, the reality for much of Black America is starkly different. Racial disparities in unemployment and under-employment persist. And homeownership, a key measure of economic health for consumers and communities alike continues its downward decline even now. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, during the […]

How the Grim Sleeper Got Away with It for So Long.

May 9, 2016 by  
Filed under News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) The Grim Sleeper serial murderer’s victim scorecard is beyond grim. Lonnie David Franklin, Jr. convicted recently of murdering nearly a dozen women may have murdered at least 25 women in a killing spree that stretched at least from 1985 to 2007. There are lots of theories from police, prosecutors, and media observers as […]

GOP, An Unmitigated Disaster.

May 9, 2016 by  
Filed under News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Republican party leaders may have worried that Donald Trump would not only lose the general election for the presidency, but would so poison the image of the party as to cause Republican candidates for Congress and for state and local offices to also lose. Now they seem to be trying to patch things […]

Malia Obama Got into Harvard and Fox News Fans Called Her a “Little Monkey”.

May 9, 2016 by  
Filed under Education, News, Politics, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Malia Obama deserves congratulations. Admitted to Harvard University, she has decided to take a gap year, a mature choice that many students make when they want a break between intense and competitive studies and college. This is a great time for her to take a gap year. After these eight years in the […]

3 Ways To Improve The Appeal Of Your Product.

Tweet (Akiit.com) How you present your product can make a big difference to how customers perceive it. Customers only have a limited amount of information. And they want to be able to make decisions about products quickly and easily. But often many people in business underestimate the importance of presentation. They know that their product […]

Getting Ahead In The Craft Beer Industry.

May 9, 2016 by  
Filed under Money/Business, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) The craft beer industry has enjoyed a meteoric rise in recent years, and there is a world of opportunity for entrepreneurs to explore. So, if you have ever felt the desire to create a beer and start a legitimate business, why not give it go? Here are some pointers to get you started […]

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