It’s hard to believe that the financial capital of theworld, the pinnacle of free trade, ground zero forthe birth of a nation has thrown off the principles thatmade it great and has embraced a form of governmentthat will ultimately destroy it. New York has voted ina socialist form of government that is anythingbut good for a vibrant vivacious hub ofAmericanism. …

Halloween and October may be over, butI’m still haunted – not by ghosts, but by theprice of candy these days. When a bag offun-size chocolates costs nearly as much asa full tank of gas, it’s enough to makeeven a sweet tooth think twice. (OK,I admit: That’s hyperbole, but not bymuch.)So that got me pondering whatI like to call “creative economies”– …