Miscellaneous

For the little guy, it's getting harder and harder to compete with the big boys.

For the little guy, it's getting harder and harder to compete with the big boys.

It was a yawner of a year for small-business growth.

It was a yawner of a year for small-business growth.

We'll see small businesses growing around all of this.

We'll see small businesses growing around all of this.

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans read more

[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans will concentrate on Latinos is that they are in some ways a swing vote, ... Both Bush and Gore can try to make some inroads into the other candidate's Latino base.

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and read more

Both Gore and Bush have just bent over backward to try to reach out, try to appeal, to Hispanics and Latinos nationally.

It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and read more

It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and Texas.

[Bush's strong effort in the state] is probably not going to help him win in California, which at this point read more

[Bush's strong effort in the state] is probably not going to help him win in California, which at this point seems extremely unlikely, ... But it may force Gore to commit some more resources here to really try to solidify his California Latino base.

an unbalanced emotion poised between fear and love.

an unbalanced emotion poised between fear and love.

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered read more

It's about love and loss, it struck me as a meaningful and compelling story, and the shifts in reality offered up strong visual possibilities.

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great read more

Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.