Until a few days ago, if you had asked me to tell you about Sierra Leone, I would have had to think long and hard to tell you much about this West African country. I…
We were both looking forward to the trip. My sister had flown in from Washington State. We were going to travel across the country by train on Amtrak’s ‘Southwest Chief,’ a train that winds Southwest…
The proliferation of ‘factory outlets’ or ‘manufacturer-direct’ prices has become commonplace, but are we getting true ‘outlet or direct’ prices? The middleman, agent, or even retailer is suffering in our modern internet-based environment. Big-box stores…
